Fox News Channel has gotten a lot of good insights from retired Air Force Lt. General Thomas McInerney the beginning of the Afghan Campaign. This afternoon he explained to Brit Hume that during that sandstorm that we thought had blocked everything, our Global Hawks were able to see through it and target the Republican Guard and pound it with JDAMs. He reported that General Franks had kept the Fourth Infantry off the coast of Turkey in order to hold three divisions of the Republican Guard in the north, expecting their movement to start the war. Instead, Franks started the ground war a day early and achieved tactical surprise and were able to seize oil fields before they could be set afire.

McInerney, being from the Air Force, understands the use of air power, and has explained things more clearly than any other military commentator I watched during the war.