War has started, and it all feels strangely familiar. I remember when the US-led coalition attack on Iraqi forces in Kuwait started. I was downstairs at Ryan's house, sitting on the floor with Ryan and his folks around the tv watching the news. We had just launched about 300 Tomahawks, and the air raids began in earnest the next day; 3000 sorties a day, if I remember correctly. Looks like we'll be doing the same thing all over again, for good or ill. I think that if the "decapitation strike" from last night had actually worked, everyone would be awfully happy today, but now we're left to see just how crazy Saddam is, and how willing he will be to use Baghdad's citizens and his 50,000 or so loyal soldiers to stand between himself and the incoming storm. I hate to draw parallels between Saddam and Hitler, but it would be quite helpful if there was an assasination attempt that actually worked. Might save many thousands of innocent lives.