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Just updated my Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy post. This completes Part II.
Some may notice the thread about weather that runs through the tale. Weather has a huge impact on military ops, "from the mud to the sun" as they say.
But chapter IV is not about weather. Written at a time when "what did Bush know and when did he know it" was the buzzword of the whining crowd (and it still is) it is my attempt to offer insight into a process by which people with responsibility must make decisions based on limited information. Many folks lack the courage to do so, even when the time to wait before acting is long past.
Another indicator of timing, chapter III was completed at around the time Uday and Qusai were killed. Later I would use the "hero of the American Left" phrase again, when Saddam was captured. At that time I had forgoten my first use. Un-noticed in the first instance, the second touched off a small firestorm. Ain't life funny?
And here, by the way, is a much better story of weather and a warrior. Don't miss it.