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Council speak 08/17/2007

The council has spoken and, for me, there's some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that I voted for the winner and runner up in each category. The bad news is that I was shut out for the third straight week. I don't recall having such a severe drought since joining the council!

On to more pleasant things. The Council Winner was
The "Don't Make Waves!" Theory of Iraqi Politics by Big Lizards. It was a thinking peace that forced us to consider that the conventional wisdom about what was necessary politically in Iraq, may be wrong. The Council runner up was Bookworm Room's Political Fairy Tales **Bumped ('cause it was getting lost below)** which reconsidered past history and compared it to the first draft we are now experiencing.

The winning non-Council entry was General James Mattis -- Attacking the al Qaeda "Narrative" at Small Wars Journal. Small Wars Journal is a valuable resource into the minds of the Generals running the war under Gen. Petraeus. If you're going to win the debate with your enemy (after which hearts and minds follow) you must define the terms of the debate instead of him. There were two runners up. One was a nifty bit of detective work at Captain's Quarters: Progressive For Racist Smears? (Update: Progressive Wises Up A Little Late). It tells how Capt. Ed tracked down the owner of website devoted to smearing Fred Thompson. And Yehuda's The difference between reward and punishment - which was my nominee - was tied as runner up. It's a photo essay of by a father of a recent inductee into the IDF.

If you're a blogger and you'd like to be considered for the non-council portion of the competition next week, follow the instructions here.

watcher's council.

Posted by SoccerDad at August 17, 2007 1:19 AM