We need the Patton ethos now, not after more people die like Berg and Pearl.
It is geting close to 30 Jun and then the rules will change. The Iraqi police are working on this latest case, and if this is ever going to end it must be so. They have to police themselves, and it appears they can do so. We could kick the dog of war if we are getting impatient, but this thing will take a generation to go away at best and we might as well settle in for the long haul.
I would prefer the Sherman ethos. I remember the first Osama video that surfaced after 9/11. He was holding court with a bunch of his slobbering worshippers, grinning and expressing his pleasure at how the attacks had exceeded his highest expectations.
Too many Americans fail to recognize the hatred felt toward us by these cowards. Too many Americans fail to realize that there is NO threshold to their animosity. If 3,000 dead in one day was grand in their eyes, 30,000 would have been better still and given the capability they would not stop at 300,000. Given the ability they would kill every last American, man, woman and child. The only things holding them at bay are the noble and courageous members of our armed forces and their own backward technological ineptitude.