On soldiers who were given old Vietnam-era flak vests instead of new ones, which didn't start flowing in until four to five months AFTER the invasion.

Or even read the Army's own report on how logistics almost fell apart, soldiers had to salvage Iraqi equipment because they didn't have enough of their own, and how communications broke down in far-flung units. What frightens me is that against a tougher adversary, the U.S. would've suffered heavy casualties and serious set backs. We're just lucky Iraq didn't put up much of a fight.

The entire operation was poorly planned based on the excellent standards of the U.S. military. And we had the opportunity to step back and thoroughly plan the attack. It's not as if Saddam was threatened to launch a nuke, in which case our sloppy effort might be forgiven.

And Fred Kaplin's war columns on Slate are wonderful. He's one of my favorite journalists.

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