[faithincowboys]

The truth is that they respect you when they think you might be a hardass. If you are "sorry" they say, good, now Bush will be more careful and lenient i.e. less effective.

[oceanview]

we are blowing away Sadr's militiamen outside Najaf like clay pigeons. The two issues are not connected. If there is evidence that they are connected, that the US forces are disengaging because of this prison incident, then that's a different story.