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The Daily Whim: Democracy on the March PhotoDude writes this:
"Even Bin Laden must see that the next step in escalation against the insurgency won't come from US forces. If they keep killing Shiites, you'll see thousands reformed into militias, and they'll deal with the insurgency in ways US forces never would. Now that most Sunnis have rejected Zarqawi as well, I doubt we'd see the civil war so many think would follow in that circumstance, indeed, one of Zarqawi's goals. It seems clear that he has overplayed his hand, and will probably be lucky to get out of Iraq alive.
"Yet Bin Laden wants him to go after the US. With a country full of loose weapons and willing recruits, the largest attacks Zarqawi has been able to mount in Iraq have been car bombings. Deadly, to be sure. Terrorizing, indeed. But you're going to have to bring a whole lot more to the party, Sparky, if you want to take on The Great Satan."
Thanks, Reid