What is the GWOT?

...and why does mean that I have to back to Iraq?

There is still no draft, but don't tell that to the Marines that are being recalled into service. Yep that's right. Involuntary recall is being used to cover for the fact that no one wants to volunteer for the War in Iraq.

The excuse Col. Guy Stratton chief of the USMC "manpower mobilization" uses is refreshingingly old' school. "The authority is until GWOT is over with," Stratton said. "Until we're told to do otherwise, we'll use it."

GWOT? what? oh! ...The Global War on Terror! I almost forgot about Iraq being the war of terror. For so long I was thinking that we were stabilizing democracy in Iraq and then going to get out. I had almost forgotten that Iraq is the "honey pot" that we will make into a "front" in the GWOT.

Please take the time to explore The Dark Side produced by PBS' FRONTLINE. It analyzes how Iraq became central to the GWOT. Keep thinking about what has happened over the last 4 years. Reality will be harder to remember as move ahead. I started writhing true statements in a notebook (ala Winston Smith) when the war started.

War is Peace!

Global Warming. What is it good for?

Beer that's what! Yep. The industrious inuits of Greenland have figured out how to use the melting ice cap. They are making beer with it. The water has been frozen for 2000 years so it is free from today's pollutants. If you would like to give it a try you will have to go to Denmark and Watch out for the alien microbes!