The PowerPoint War?
The always-contextual Juan Cole, now president of the Global Americana Institute, rises to the top of the blogosphere today for his "Informed Comment" post indicating that Israel's current war tactics in Lebanon had been in the works for more than a year and presented via PowerPoint last year to think tanks in Washington D.C. Word is getting around, from LiveJournalers to more involved discussions of the impact of the current conflict. A separate Cole post from today indicates that the Israeli army is encountering much more resistance and better-trained fighters than it expected. The one thing you gotta love about the professor's blog entries: the comments are often as interesting and thoughtful as the professor himself.
Tracking the buzz
A BlogPulse trend graph indicates that the issue is certainly capturing the attention of the blogosphere: 
Posted by Sue MacDonald at July 25, 2006 02:23 PM
