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I saw an article in the Seattle Times today which in the LA Times had this headline "U.S. Counsels Patience Amid Iraq Security Sweep." The Seattle Times called it: "Iraq Violence to Worsen, Says U.S. Official Says." But this Mike Davis article responds in essence by saying patience will not pay off. There is no way the new surge in Baghdad will make a difference. Linda
"Indeed, February was a record month for car bombings, with at least 44 deadly explosions in Baghdad alone, and March promises to duplicate the carnage.
"Car bombs, moreover, continue to evolve in horror and lethality. In January and March, the first chemical "dirty bomb" explosions took place using chlorine gas, giving potential new meaning to President George W Bush's missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
"The sectarian guerrillas who claim affiliation with "al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia" are now striking savagely, and seemingly at will, against dissident Sunni tribes in Anbar province as well as Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and Shi'ite pilgrims on the highways to the south of the capital.
"With each massacre, the bombers refute Bush administration claims that the US military can "take back and secure" Baghdad block by block or establish its own patrols and new, fortified mini-bases as a realistic substitute for local self-defense militias.
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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