JUDGING BY THIS REPORT, the war has already started:

Several thousand allied special forces, including more than 300 SAS personnel, are already operating inside Iraq.

This suggests that, despite efforts to secure a United Nations resolution backing force, the war has begun.

Defence sources said last night that two SAS Sabre squadrons – about 240 men – plus more than 100 support troops were engaged in various parts of Iraq.

The scale of the operations in the south and west is unprecedented. British special forces did not enter Iraq during the 1991 Gulf war until the ground offensive began.

Interesting, if true. And, if true, proof that Tom Holsinger was right when he wrote back in December that “America’s conquest of Iraq will be a gradual process, not an event.”

I’m inclined to believe it myself, but as I’ve said before, the disinformation is likely flowing fast and furious at the moment, meaning that all reports should be viewed with more (even) than the usual skepticism.