Did you read Salam Pax too? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salam_Pax I was riveted during that invasion, both with the embedded reporters trying to tell the story of the military and the bloggers covering it. I have to admit i find this invasion a bit tedious by comparison, perhaps it's just part of being older, once you've experienced realtime updates in one war, the (morbid) novelty is gone. I am still getting a sense of déjà vu, though, in particular the Ukrainian politicians' updates about how well they are going remind me of the infamous Iraqi Information Minister. There's so much propaganda... I know it's necessary to try boost morale, but it comes across as so performative and absurd when it gets reported out to the wider world.
If you're interested in more dry updates, the ISW thinktank is filling a role we had from the neocon milbloggers during Iraq: http://www.iswresearch.org/
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Date: 2022-03-01 02:55 (UTC)If you're interested in more dry updates, the ISW thinktank is filling a role we had from the neocon milbloggers during Iraq: http://www.iswresearch.org/