It sounds like the Pentagon and the President were right, identifying the insurgents as seperate forces with seperate agendas, who will cooperate when it is convenient, but not one moment longer.

And the strategy of exploiting the weak spots created by differing agendas? Brilliant.

Ace, you missed the PRICELESS bit from the end of page 2!!

But Saddam loyalists have turned against Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant whose fighters travel to Iraq from across the Arab world to blow themselves up in a bid to spark sectarian civil war.

"Zarqawi is an American, Israeli and Iranian agent who is trying to keep our country unstable so that the Sunnis will keep facing occupation," said a Baathist insurgent leader who would give his name only as Abu Abdullah.

I don't think the other Al Qaeda franchises are going to be too thrilled to hear Z-man is a JOOOOOoooo!

Recently, Al Qaida took over some Sunni Villages near the Syrian border. They put Taliban type restrictions on the women. That is: if the women violated any Taliban rule, such as appearing outside without a man, they were beaten or gang raped.

This irritated the Sunnis. So much so they got into firefights with the Al Qaida and drove them out. Now almost every Iraqi woman will turn in an Al Qaida member if spotted.

The only ones left to cheer for the Al Qaida rape squads are the MSM and the Democrats.

There is a Seattle, yes Seattle, radio talk show host, Lt. Bryan Suits, http://www.570kvi.com/x8491.xml , who is also a National Guard member and was in Iraq most of last year. He said we could end the insurgancy in a few days if we let the Kurds loose but it would be really, really ugly and would be a PR nightmare.

I don't know, seems to me we already have a PR (vs. actual reality) nightmare. So I do not see what's the big deal with letting the Kurds do a little "venting" and as a byproduct getting an attitude adjustment from some Sunnis.

Steve:

Sounds like a great idea. The Sunni people have raped, robbed, tortured, beaten, murdered and starved everyone else in Iraq for the past 30 years.

For that most of the Sunnis deserve to die

I've heard Lt. Suits. Pretty good show, and a better story. He did a lot of interviews for the morning and afternoon shows when he was in Iraq, I think.

Wonder what Michael Moore thinks of his minutemen now.

I kid you not: an Arab (Palestinian) professor remarked last week that, in addition to other absolutely ridiculous claims and conspiracy theories, al-Qaeda members, including Zarqawi (yemakh shemo), were working for the US. The target of his remarks, an Iraqi vet who was sent home after being injured, agreed that the US supported al-Qaeda. What he missed was that the professor was saying the US supports al-Qaeda, not just supported it. I'm still enraged by his comments. Total anus he was. (And to top it off, I remained silent. The soldier was quiet and listened. When the professor finished and left the room to attend to something, the soldier good-naturedly chuckled and left. Angel he is. I still feel bad for not speaking up for the US and against his comments. I suppose I didn't want to be confrontational or lose my temper or waste my time.)

I suppose such rationalization is resorted to by a number of Muslims so as not to begin questioning Islam. Which is ridiculous, by me, but so it is.

Ace,

"Because if this terrorism kept up with us not playing Daddy With The Big Pants in the country, the Kurds and Shi'as would just massacre and ethnically cleanse the Sunnis."

You say this like it's a bad thing. The Stupid Shall Be Punished.

Subsunk

P.S. It's a submarine thing. Playing with nuclear weapons tends to make us less tolerant of stupid comments by stupid people. Bad manners and harsh language may lead to strategic launch. So if you don't really mean what you say (N Korea, take note), keep your mouth shut. Just thinkin' out loud here.