Just When Did This War Start?
James Taranto writes in
Opinion Journal that "Historians may one day debate just when Gulf War II began in earnest. 'U.S. and coalition warplanes have dramatically increased the number of missions they fly over southern Iraq, focusing on mobile missile systems being moved into the area,' CNN reports. 'Officials said as many as 750 missions a day are now being flown by all types of aircraft, including fighters, refueling and reconnaissance aircraft. That number is about two to three times what had been the routine.'"
So, when did this war begin? Find what day in early 2002 that President Bush signed an intelligence directive ordering the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, and that's it.
