There is more, much more, than is being reported about the suicide bombing that killed four Americans earlier today. And from a very credible source, I have heard enough to convince me I had to correct something I wrote this morning. This suicide attack does represent an evolution of this war to something far uglier than we may be prepared to deal with. The suicider was not, as the Iraqi vice president announced, an Iraqi army officer. He was a member of Hamas--or possibly a Saudi--and one of many terrorists that are embedded throughout Iraq. This is no longer a war to remove the threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and liberate Iraq. Yes, those still are part of our objectives. But it is--much more--a war between our conventional forces and most of the terrorist world.
I think most of the regulars at FR know this. Iraq is a tough and just fight, but not the only fight. Iraq is probably not the toughest fight, but it is a smart place to start.
This is no longer a war to remove the threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and liberate Iraq.
Bull. Just because there is something beyond that, doesn't mean "that" is no longer an objective.
If this is true then this war has just stepped up on the justice scale. It's not pretty but it is time for these scum to be dealt with in no uncertain terms. There is only one message terrorists will understand and it's not diplomacy.