Well my favorite college basketball team, UK, dispatched IUPUI with relative ease as expected. The game was a pretty easy one, so I did not bother to watch. Routinely I peeked in to CNN to see what the score was, but my mind was a million miles away. I am dreading bad news about any American casualties, I can't imagine what some of the families of the soldiers must be going through. I suppose the worst part is the not knowing. I hope that this can be wrapped up soon with a minimal loss of life. Perhaps as more and more ground is gained and the situation becomes more and more hopeless the Republican Guard will give up. I certainly hope so.