Pete Stanley said:

>Wretchard illuminates tactical details and official statements (or
>silence) to great effect, showing the way the the stategic whole.
>He obviously puts a great deal of effort into his writing - lots of
>polish and reduction; the result being a taut, insightful commentary.

Agreed.

Within Wretchard's website, I found a link to another website that maybe in the same league. The website is:

http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com/

"Dan Darling" runs the Regnum Crucis website. Wretchard appears to have a high opinion concerning Dan Darling. Unlike Wretchard, Darling does not appear to have military training. However Dan Darling seems to have a deep understanding about international politics. I suspect Darling understands Arabic and spends a fair amount of his free time digesting information from Arab websites. His understanding of Islamic terrorism is remarkable. I guess there are analysts like Darling and Wretchard working for the State Department, CIA, DIA and NSA. I hope(?) people with this sort of intellectual power are making the strategic decisions about Fallujah and Sadr. I sure glad I'm not (this is way over my head).

Gary