Morning Eye-Opener

Morning Eye-Opener: "”But many military analysts say the human toll exacted — hundreds of Lebanese civilians killed and nearly a million displaced — now far outweighs any benefits,” a Chronicle article says. “These kinds of events have far more destructive value to the operation than the military value being achieved,” said Harlan Ullman, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who coined the theory of “shock and awe” as a means to establish rapid military dominance — often used to describe America’s initial attack on Iraq."

(Via Martini Republic.)