Assassinated, in the name of the Religion of Pieces, no doubt. Or was it a cell of Christian Fundamentalist Terrorists? No, don’t answer that.

Okay Paulians - still want to pull out, pack up, go home and as one commenter put it “try peace”?

Consider Bill Quick’s Analysis:

In Iraq, the Sunni have lost to the Shia. But they remain strong elsewhere - financed and supported by Saudi Arabia and others. Both Sunni and Shia want the US out of the Muslim world. And both believe that if they create enough chaos, they can drive the US out. In Iraq, the great prize was the oil fields. In Pakistan, an even greater prize awaits: a nuclear arsenal.

And if anyone thinks they’re going to just ignore the “Great Satan” and play nice-nice with us because we close some bases, you deserve every bit of radiation sickness you get. The Middle East got considerably more complicated today.