"TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- A car bomb exploded near the police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, witnesses said."
I am past the exasperation stage on this madness for lack of security. Just how in the hell do these cretin terr perps keep being able do this?
I have never witnessed such keystone (Iraqi) cops, they must operate with one thumb up their anus and the one in their mouth, only switching off occasionally for variety.
Either our training is abysmal, or they are non-learners doomed for continual Darwin awards in the hereafter.
The terrorists have the element of surprise and the cops have a big target on their backs.
You just have a big freakin' mouth. I'll bet you were never in Iraq and you never witnessed anything over there. Let's put a big target on your house and see what some could do to you if they put their mind to it.
Remember, the good guys have to be right 100% of the time, the bad guys just once in a while.
The only way to counter this is to take out the garages and eliminate the supply of men and materiel. In many cases, this is a matter of civilian support. If the locals do not support the insurgents (as is the case in most of Iraq) then they can't set up shop. In places like Tikrit, Baathist sentiments still run deep. Most people will a bombmaker next door won't say a word.
Eliminating foriegn support is also crucial. Syria and Iran continue to fund, arm and supply the insurgents, as well as provide havens for high level facilitators. It's the old 'political sensitivities' thing that prevents us from hitting back, and they're playing it to the hilt.
Still, the biggest obstacle to peace is the fact that there are still civilians that support the insurgency. Sometimes they do so directly, but often by their silence alone. Once they are persuaded to turn the bad guys in, the resistance will evaporate. In the Shiite and Kurd areas that are far from the Sunni neighborhoods, there is little to no insurgent activity. That's no coincidence.