WHAT, STILL NO ELECTRICITY?

This fascinating article reeks so heavily of "I told you so," that I'll refrain from telling you so. Best quote: "Iraqis are now contrasting Saddam's ability to bring back power after the war in 1991 to the apparent inability of the US to do so now." Ouch.

Unfortunately, the author is surprisingly lean on details about his engagement. That means either he doesn't have permission to talk about such things, he's only a marginal participant in reconstruction, or -- and this seems most likely -- there are no details to report because the reconstruction council doesn't do anything.