This is an interim result. The end result will be thousands of more dead terrorists for each of the soldiers who was killed.
Yes, I know they like to say, "We welcome martyrdom! We seek it!" In truth, they are cowards and they get weary. The captured documents from Zarqawi's crater make it clear that the terrorists are dispirited and broken. Now is the time to pour it on, not retreat.
I wish I could believe that. The only major difference to me between these two men, and the 2500 that went before them, was the possibility of torture. I wonder if proof of it will be enough to give the leadership the balls necessary to JDAM Iraqi towns that knowingly hide insurgents.
I doubt it.