I don't understand why people aren't getting nervous -

[Joe for Clark]

about these developments - I think they are scary as hell.
This from the LA Times -

Observers fear that those battalions would take sides in a full-scale war, turning weapons and vehicles paid for by the U.S., against each other. Last weekend, in what the British military described as a mutiny, 100 out of a 550-strong Iraqi army battalion from the Shiite-dominated south refused to deploy to Baghdad, in part because they didn't want to fight fellow Shiites.

[e-mail] Times staff writers Patrick J. McDonnell and Saif Hameed contributed to this report.

Joe

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Let Me Know When War Breaks Out.....

I'll drive home super fast in my 10 MPG Hummer, so I can watch the bombing on my flat screen tv, which I borrowed against my home to afford.

[JuniperLea]

2. That would be funny if it weren't painfully true for many... eom

[Joe for Clark]

3. That is pretty funny.

Hey, I thought everyone from Orange county had no sense of humor.

Joe

[Ready4Change]

4. I'm beginning to think that would be "Mission Accomplished."

More and more, I'm thinking that chaos in the oil fields is the goal. Chaos now means prime prices for the last remaining oil stock, turning the super rich oil barons into near gods, which is how they plan to survive the post oil crash they are precipitating.

It's a plan to spend their final days in comfort, while the rest of the world burns into a cinder.

[Joe for Clark]

5. You may be right.

I read a lot of publications about investment planning and all that. Some think this is the last hurray for oil - I read this and I thought - how do you know? And if it is, GOOD.

I think we need to be very suspicious of oil price moves now. The day we think as a society that 65 a barrell is cheap we have had it.

I do think, if the United States is still dependent on oil in 10 or 20 years - we are really screwed.

Joe