As Spaw said, it was to be expected that some slice of awful violence would pop up somewhere. Lessons fron 'Nam: politicians can turn war on and off with the flick of a compromise. Those who have to wage it cannot flick a switch at a moment's notice and turn from adrenalin soaked warriors to diplomats. This is one of the grimy facts aboiut war that people like GWB overlook.

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