Point-Counterpoint: The Iraq Invasion Anniversary and Other Topics
The three-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq provides the perfect setting for a mixed bag of blogger analysis today, from Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld's op-ed in the Washington Post piece about what's been gained in three years (today's second most-cited news story) vs. retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton's call for Rumsfeld's resignation in a New York Times op-ed. Think Progress posts a three-year timeline of the Iraq invasion (today's No. 26 top blog post).
While former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (today's burstiest person) says a civil war had already begun (No. 7 top news story), Gateway Pundit notes the lack of active protest against the war (today's No. 5 top blog post) and blames the Democrats.
A BlogPulse trend graph shows opinions are still mixed:
More political punditry
Kevin Phillips, the man who predicted the emergence of the conservative/Republican right, is getting lots of ink today for his new book on "American Theocracy," (another top new story being cited today by bloggers). Is he a conservative turning against the right, asks Daily Kos? Is theocratic thinking part and parcel of the Bush Administration, asks Jesus Politics?
Entertaining thoughts
The film "V for Vendetta," the weekend box-office leader, manages to land among today's most-cited links (No. 5). AMySpace blogger places it among his most-anticipated movies of 2006. And Futurama fans are excited that another batch of episodes isin the works. "Long live the hyno-toad," gushes a LiveJournaler.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at March 20, 2006 11:35 AM
