CNN: "US troops caught in the middle of a Civil War."

[Bluebear]

"All out war" says the crawl line banner.

US-backed government issues arrest warrant for major Sunni cleric leader...and US troops are suddenly in even graver danger today than yesterday.

And Bush plays the xylophone.

[aquart]

1. Lord above, they admitted it!!!

All sing Hallelujah!

[Kagemusha]

4. They have little choice but to admit it.

This move by the government is to decapitate the only semblance of leadership the Sunnis there have. It sends a message that any Sunni leader, from top to bottom, is a suspected or actual terrorist.

[zbdent]

8. Well, it's been just a little over a week since the Dems took power

so it was natural that the Iraq occupation went straight to Hell in such a short period of time ...

:eyes:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. That canard won't work, since the Dems won't control Congress til January.

The 'Pubs will try it, though.

[Kikosexy2]

2. Remember Sir Nero...

wants more troops (to die) so he can claim "victory"...why he's practicing already except no fiddle...

[zbdent]

18. Zap Branigan

from Futurama ... knowing the kill-bots stop after reaching a quota of kills, he sent wave after wave of soldiers until the killbots shut down ...

[acmavm]

That guy looks as crazy as we think he is.

[onecent]

10. I think he is having doofus pictures taken of himself on purpose.

BRING our troops home now.

[acmavm]

3. opps. Sorry

[Chipper Chat]

5. Hey George - here's the expert.

[On the Road]

6. This is the Elephant in the Room

Glad CNN finally mentioned it.

Anti-US violence is best solved by a quick US withdrawal. But Sunni-Shiite violence may be ignited by that same withdrawal unless something changes, such as an agreement with neighboring countries and insurgent leaders themselves.

There is plenty of incentive on all sides. All parties have something to fear. Sunnis fear Shiite dominance and loss of oil revenue, and cannot possibly hope to dominate the country as they did under Saddam. Shiites fear for Shiite minorities outside the South and their unified government being taken down. Insurgent leaders on both sides fear domination by the pro-Western faction of their own groups as much as they do other ethnic groups. Iran and Syria fear chaos on their borders, and Saudi Arabia fears militant Wahhabism contesting their own government.

[aquart]

7. They waited till after the election.

I still think Gates' job is to anoint the next Saddam who will turn the lights back on so we can get out like winners.

[madokie]

9. at this point that would be nice to see

I know better you know better so they can call it a win if they want to just get our troops out.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Ah yes, the Anvil Chorus.

Just one question: Why is the anvil holding a hammer in this version?

:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

12. Any percussion instrument is smarter than him.

Even an anvil. Or a maraca. Or a triangle. Really,

[Alamom]

13. or a rock.

[Swamp Rat]

14. That is true

My surdo, pandeiro and congas told me so just this evening. :)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

15. Is it true that if ya blow in his ear, he makes windchime sounds?

I guess only Ted & Jeff know for sure....

;)

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Making Joyful Noises to the Lord is HARD WORK!

When everything else you've done is turning to shit!

But somebody's got to do it!