Auditions for Winds of War!

A little while ago, we put out a recruiting call for our famous Winds of War briefings. The response has been great, and now it's time to choose. But first, everyone will get a fair shot - then it's up to them to earn their place. "The Brain Trust" (Aussie Command Post veteran Alan E. Brain and his British pal Max) led with Monday's Winds of War, and others will follow.

Here's the schedule, which includes our regular Monday Iraq briefings from Maj. Andrew Olmsted, other Iraq Report slots, and our global Winds of War series. As the contestants post their work, I'll update this with links:

Mon June 07 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted)
Mon June 07 WOW: Alan E. Brain & Rob "Max" Cooper [blog: A.E.Brain]
Thu June 10 IRAQ: Scott Talkington [blog: Demosophia]
Thu June 10 WOW: Josh Foust [blog: Conjecturer]

Mon June 14 IRAQ: Joel Gaines [blog: No Pundit Intended]
Mon June 14 WOW: Bill Roggio [blog: The Fourth Rail]
Thu June 17 IRAQ: Larry Ice
Thu June 17 WOW: Tom Donelson [site: Donelson Publishing]

Mon June 21 IRAQ (Andrew Olmsted)
Mon June 21 WOW: 'Lili'
Thu June 24 WOW: Sean Manion
Fri June 25 IRAQ: Thomas Moore [blog: "Backsight Forethought]

July 1 is Canada Day, and so we traditionally focus on Canada here at Winds. Gotta happen some time, right?

Mon June 28 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted)
Mon June 28 WOW: (Dan Darling)
Thu July 1 - It's Canada Day, eh!

Mon July 05 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted)
Thu July 08 WOW: Colt [blog: Eurabian Times]

Best of luck to all the participants. My hope is that each and every one of them will be proud of what they've written and contributed when all is said and done.

And so it was. Round 2 begins now:

Mon Aug 02 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted)
Mon Aug 02 WOW: Larry Ice

Thu Aug 05 IRAQ: -
Thu Aug 05 WOW: -

Mon Aug 09 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted)
Mon Aug 09 WOW: Colt

Thu Aug 12 IRAQ: Alan E. Brain & Rob Cooper
Thu Aug 12 WOW: Josh Foust

Mon Aug 16 IRAQ: (Andrew Olmsted & Joel Gaines)
Mon Aug 16 WOW: Bill Roggio

Thu Aug 19 IRAQ: Scott Talkington

The stage is set, the curtains are rising. Let Round 2 of the auditions begin...

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Tracked: June 9, 2004 7:45 PM

Here It Is from The Conjecturer

Excerpt: I was trying to be coy, but Joe Katzman beat me to it. Tomorrow, I'll be posting the Winds of War weekly briefing over at Winds of Change. It's part of a general call they put out for new briefers,...

Tracked: August 12, 2004 6:53 AM

My Second Winds of War Auditions from The Conjecturer

Excerpt: If you're looking for "one power-packed briefing of insights, news and trends from the global War on Terror that leaves you stimulated, informed, and occasionally amused," then you should definitely check out my most recent Winds of War briefing today....

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#1 from twisterella | June 9, 2004 6:26 PM | Reply

Joe: Do you take write-in candidates? I vote for Trent Trelenko! You know I really dig his stuff! :-)

#2 from someone | June 9, 2004 6:38 PM | Reply

I agree with twisterella ;)

#3 from twisterella | June 9, 2004 6:46 PM | Reply

LOL! A write-in campaign for Trent! :-)

#4 from Joe Katzman | June 12, 2004 5:14 PM | Reply

Has anyone informed Trent of his being volunteered...?

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