There is so much news coming from all directions that it is hard to keep track of everything, I spent most of last night watching CNN but do not feel that it is time well spent. You're better of leaving the TV on and do other things, I very often find more useful information online from various news sources as well as blogs. And in the car there is of course the radio and that is how I found out about "Shock and Awe" just now. The latter concerns me, I have a feeling massive bombing is not going to do the trick, targeted "Decapitation Strikes" make a lot more sense.

A new war oriented blog-pool is The Command Post, with various contributors, another one is Back to Iraq. Have a look.

Also, I am swinging from one train of thought to the other. Last night when I went to bed I thought it would be over in a mattter of hours given the fast progress in the south and the upbeat messages of surrendering troops and the likelihood that Saddam and sons were killed, this morning I was not as upbeat when I realized that the Republican Guards may be fighting it out in street to street battles. Again, Shock and Awe does not give me any comfort yet.

Looking around the blogosphere no one really knows, I do not think CNN or FOX really know, so all we can do is digest every snippet of news, draw our own interim conclusions and hope that it will be over soon.

Lots of discussions this morning also on potential War Crimes trials: should we sent the captured Iraqi leadership off to The Hague like Milosevic and friends, court martial them on the spot or go for a hybrid Iraqi/International style court in Baghdad? Chances that anyone of them will be alive to stand trial are remote and if anyone is left: do not sent them to The Hague, do it in Iraq with local help, the Iraqi people need to purge their own institutions as a way to rebuild their country and start a process of national healing. Give them a say in it, it is their country.