[billybudd]

It does seem to be kind of a quagmire right now. The only thing I'm hearing about Iraq recently is a few soldiers getting shot now and then. I wonder where the body count stands now. Apparently the country is difficult to manage because it is highly factionalized, by region, religion, etc., hampering central government. I don't see how the US military can reconcile all those factions except the way they're doing it now: by arresting or killing opposition leaders. Ugly business.

[1smallVoice]

The US body count recently topped 200. This could come back to haunt G.W. in 2004 but I think we will get the big fish soon.