Friends, We Are Bombing Again

It's Friday, and while Bush spends the night at Mom and Dad's, we are bombing Najaf. Agence France Press reports that US planes pounded Najaf in the worst fighting since a truce was agreed to in June. More than 50 people have been killed and over 170 wounded as fighting spread to Basra, Nasiriyah, and Shiite areas of Baghdad.

The US military reported that troops killed three rebels and arrested nine suspects in a series of raids, called "Operation Cajun Mousetrap II", designed to kill or capture insurgents.

Why does this sound like a video game? If we're not passing out playing cards, we're naming our military operations as if this is all make believe. I know I preach to the choir when I say innocent people are dying while the war games continue.

How long?

[Click on the title to go to the article which prompted this blog entry.]