Escalation to Nowhere

Good Morning. Today's new items at the Notebooks:

• Even when the victors write the rules of war, the results are absurd. What happens when the losers keep writing the rules? See "We Are the Savages."
  

• Bob Nardelli took a $215 million severance package after reaping more than $200 million in salaries and stock options as head of Home Depot, even though the company's performance was middling to anemic. Yet Nardelli was hailed as a new kind of leader for his military style. See "Military Freaks at Home Depot"
  

• Afghanistan bans "Kabul Express," a movie critical to the Taliban
  

• Israel readies to Nuke Iran?

A review of the blogosphere and plenty more in the Daily Journal... Thanks for reading.pt