It turns out that five years ago today, 19 March 2003, the Iraq War started.

Now, I could turn this into a diatribe that leans either way; I could write a scathing screed against the war, or I could write a patriotic tribute to the 'nobility' of war.

Screw all that.

B-B-B-B-BREAKING NEWS! The Associated Press has discovered that the Bush administration may be close to closing the doors on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, de facto "home" to many terror suspects and other detainees for all these years now. Of course, after the breaking of the story, the backpedaling begins. From the article: Three senior administration officials spoke about the discussions on condition of anonymity because they were internal deliberations. Expected to...