"We have met the enemy and he is us."

Actually how that Pogo quote appeared it was slightly different:

WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US

Those capital letters for the last word make for an interesting alternative reading.

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If the killing of al-Zarqawi means that fewer innocent people will be butchered by people who think the same way as he did that is something to welcome. But there is no reason whatsoever to think that this is necessarily true. It doesn't work that way. Apply the same logic to people who have killed much larger numbers of people. Did the killing of Kennedy stop the war in Vietnam?

I'm inclined to think that 282RA up the thread is right in saying that the death of Zarqawi is pretty good news for Iraqis involved in fighting against the occupation, and even for Al Qaeda.

That is of course assuming that he is dead - this isn't the first time it has been reported that he has been killed.