this has to be the last straw now for Sadr - I had thought he would back off.
its time to "surge" - its now or never.
The Surge can't mean more troops are simply going to be doing Abizaid style tasks like manning check points and going on humvee patrols.
We have to actually kick ass the way we did during major combat operations. We need to consider this time period one of major combat operations.
It took three years, but the WH finally is hopefully devesting itself of the Abizaid style of warfighting.