I hope I'm wrong about the scale of casualties. But even if it's true thta there's no will to fight onthe part of most Iraqis, it's very hard to surrender to an attacker who is hundred of miles away pressing buttons, or 70,000 feet up in the air.

But even setting that aside, I find it very hard to imagine an outcome to a war which won't strengthen the hand of the people who want a global Holy War. The US and the UK has in effect been hijacked by terrorists every bit as much as the airliners of September 11th were, and for the same purpose.