When I heard yesterday that the “shock and awe” was about to begin, both my wife (a political naif) and I said “too late, stupid!”. But is there ANY chance (and I’m not optimistic on this) that the delay was to establish a “first draft” replacement government? A good lawyer (oxymoron, I know) never asks a witness a question unless he already knows the answer – maybe somebody (most likely French) thinks they know what Daffy’s replacement regime looks like, and that was the last prerequisite to initiate the process. Stratfor reports that at least SAS and possibly other nations’ spec-ops personnel are on the ground already. Comms, logistics, and target illumination would be the three obvious items on the “to do” list. And Stratfor’s map also indicates the carrier DeGaulle is enroute. I’m off now to see what that ship’s capabilities are.