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War Nerd Blog Day 11: Rebels Fail Screen Test

Libya is such a pitiful mess that it should keep the scriptwriters going for years. For the dummies, you’ve got a good and evil story, with Qaddafi as the bad guy.

March 31st, 2011 | Comments (62)

War Nerd Blog Day 10: Merit-Based!

The funniest story to come out of the Libya video game yet is the news that Qaddafi’s son, Khamis has outraged the LA engineering firm called AECOM that hired him by going home and shooting down heroic rebels.

March 30th, 2011 | Comments (41)

War Nerd Blog Day 6: When Fashion Meets Kaboom

My first Saturday blog. I promised seven days a week and I’ll deliver. To be honest “giving up my weekend” is not as much of a sacrifice as people seem to think.

March 26th, 2011 | Comments (53)

War Nerd Day 5: Waiting for the Money Shot

This is what it must be like to go to a stage play and wait around between scenes while they wheel the props off and drag in the new ones. The next act is coming up, and it’s pretty clear what it’s going to be: PR war, tribal deal-making war.

March 25th, 2011 | Comments (35)

War Nerd Blog: Day One, Year Zero

“I intend to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.” U. S. Grant at Spotsylvania Court House *** I’m switching tactics today. No more of those cumbersome massed offensives, meaning columns four or five thousand words…

March 21st, 2011 | Comments (41)