[Sam the Sham]

A much stronger argument was available, given the recent events in Iraq: Bush has chosen not to fight in the Sunni triangle, and the war cannot be won until he does. "You can't allow the enemy to have sanctuaries and expect to win," John McCain told me. "You have to go in and dig them out."

Maybe, just maybe, it is not our business to pacify the entire country. Maybe it is the business of the Iraqi government to pacify Samarra, Ramadi, and Fallujah by any means necessary.

[GoLightly]

Just as the violence got ramped up in the lead up to the handover, it's been ramped up again in an effort to turn the American election. Until November 3rd, it's gonna be everything plus the kitchen sink time in Iraq.

[pierrem15]

Exactly-- we will be there to "assist", but when one or more of these safe-havens for Baathist and jihadi murderers is razed to the ground, it will be the Iraqis who were terrorized by these scum who kill them and the new Iraqi govt who will get the credit.