[Dustbunny]

About 600 fighters and 16 leaders of the radical Shia militia, the Mehdi Army, have been captured by security forces in Iraq, the US military says.

It is about time

[AIM-54]

About 600 fighters and 16 leaders of the radical Shia militia, the Mehdi Army, have been captured by security forces in Iraq, the US military says.

It is about time

That's today.

But will they be back on the street tomorrow?

that's the real question.

Bush's compassionate counter-insurgency appears seven less effective than this 'compassionate conservatism' up to this point. He still needs to demonstrate that he's going to do what needs to be done to close the deal. I'm anxious for him to prove my pessimism wrong.