Not that that's a bad thing...

On one hand, I agree. During Desert Storm, I was working at Raytheon (Patriot,Sparrow,Standard Missile, AMRAAM...) and we would listen intently for certain signals (CNN) that our weapons were working. Some of the dog fight stuff was amazing, and to hear a missile you helped design get a "tone" was almost too much to bear!

This war is different. we appear to be using our weaponry in quite a different way...almost with a palpable sense of intelligence behind the scenes. Boring? Really? We have "embeded" reporters who are sending live imagery from within the lines...thats pretty exciting stuff.

This is not a NASCAR race where people go to see (but will not admit it) fantastic crashes that might even cause a fatality. Shew...that would be something to talk about around the pickel barrel for years. Look at the professionalism and high degree of training these guys have...not to mention the awsome weapons of war. You want exciting? watch and see what happens if Baghdad puts up a real fight. But for me, I am massively impressed by the judgement our Commander in Chief is using in order to, if possible, minimize casualties on all sides.

George Bush and his team know exactly what they are doing. He has a clear vision of what he wants to do...and I would suggest that restraint is as powerful and exciting as anything else he could do. Taking Iraq with few casualties and collateral damage and exposing hidden WMD will make him a hero and that is what I hope for. Four more years of a STRONG president.

Mike

I suspect that part of the reason it's "boring" is the ~year spent preparing for it; a whole crowd of SOF specialists inserted into Iraq, aided by the photo-interpretation folks and the elint boys, have carefully mapped out the targets and prepared the routes; the psyops bunch have been working on the Iraqi forces at all levels for that time, too. The opening rounds of fire were just pushing the first domino...

It's like a chess endgame: the work was in the setup. Only if Saddam has surprises will it get exciting.

It also seems boring because of all the hype the 24 hour news networks, as well as the DOD, have been shovelling out such as "Count down Iraq" as well as "Shock and Awe".

The producers have all been expecting the tracer light show from Gulf War I and you know they are heart broken.

I forget who said it, but an old aphorism holds that "When war is not terrible, it is a terrible bore, and it is often both at the same time."

Two reporters at a Pentagon briefing refered to the "Show" of 'Shock and Awe' (something about it continuing or other?) The lady spokesman brought attention to the fact that this was not intended as a 'Show' but was deadly serious for the purpose of effectiveness rather than as a psychological attack. Personally, I hate the circus attitude of these reporters.

This admin is very impressive.

I beleive that embeded reporters are causing more harm than good in the war. It is essential that we know what is going on but they should not be reporting about the condition of the soldier and equipment. This kind of reporting will only give Saddam and his followers the impression that they could still inflict a lot of damage to U.S. Forces. All embeded reporters should be pulled out ASAP and given daily breifing.