Today's Bombing

Yeah, just another day for Operation Clusterfuck:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants assassinated a general and a colonel who were en route to work Thursday, and a car bomb exploded near a busy market and movie theater in eastern Baghdad, part of a wave of attacks that killed at least 21 Iraqis and wounded more than 70, authorities said.

Out in Anbar province, 2 Marines were killed and 14 were wounded--while Raed Jarrar mentions that Japan and Bulgaria are now distancing themselves from the rogue state--he also cites a CS Monitor article that would outrage any American citizen, if they weren't either outraged fatigued or thoroughly GOP lobotomized. Among other things, the Monitor states outright that the oil-for-food "scandal" was all but officially condoned by Washington for years prior to Norm Coleman suddenly getting all itchy...and the other, lesser known fact that "contractors" outnumber remaining "coalition" forces by upwards of three to one (50 to 75 thousand contractors versus 23 thousand soldiers):

Peter W. Singer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of 'Corporate Warriors,' estimates that there are 20,000 to 30,000 civilians in Iraq performing traditional military functions, from maintaining weapons systems to guarding supply convoys. If you add foreigners involved in reconstruction and oil work, the total soars to 50,000 to 75,000.

To put this into perspective: All of Washington's allies combined account for 23,000 troops in Iraq. In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Singer quips that "President George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' might thus be more aptly described as the 'coalition of the billing.'"