Our Election Ends -- The Attack On Fallujah Begins

What a coincidence that we've decided to move on Fallujah just after the election ends. The insurgents have been in control of that city and the longer we waited to attack, the longer they had to dig in and encourage others to join them simply by surviving.

The bombing has begun and hopefully we'll be able to subdue them quickly. (Happily, most citizens fled the city long ago. But it's gonna be bloody.) With elections only weeks away, does anyone think it was smart militarily to wait and wait like Bush did? He simply wanted to hold off until after the election so Americans wouldn't be hearing about bloody battles and (more) dead G.I.s.

But that unnecessary, militarily (and politically) foolish delay may very well mean that more of our soldiers die than was necessary. Here's praying it goes smoothly. Bush has plenty of fiascos on the domestic front to bite him in the ass -- here's hoping Iraq doesn't get any worse.