In Other News

While the Rumsfeld clown show captures the attention of the nation--myself included--here are some other stories in the news. Roughly two dozen Iraqis, including young children, have been killed in heavy fighting in Najaf and Kufa. Basra is also showing signs of unrest. In economic news, crude prices topped $40 dollars a barrel before settling down to just under that price at the close of the business day. Paul Krugman has more on the politics of oil in his op-ed. And Ahmad Faruqui notes that today is the 50th Anniversary of the defeat of the French colonial army at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam.

Of course, Iraq is NOTHING like Vietnam.