On Chasing One's Tail

So, we've "liberated" Fallujah--except there are still pockets of resistance. We'll now be able to "pacify" other areas of Iraq--except that, if we do, we run the risk of losing the city we spent ten days "capturing." Of course, the liberation "process" had the unfortunate side effect of turning Fallujah into rubble and ruins. And most of the insurgents fled before the invasion, thanks to the decision by Bush to put off the assault until after the election (which provided the insurgents with more tactical intelligence than anything an unembedded journalist could possibly reveal).

Operation Go Fuck Ourselves is proceeding apace.