[smoothsailing]

For some time now, I've thought of Iraq as a magnet that draws jihadists. It makes it more hectic for the Iraqi people than it would otherwise, but it does give us a lot of targets.

[Ilky Hucktar]

The flypaper analogy. While Afghanistan is more lawless, run by tribal groups, Iraq has a more conventional civilization, and it's own military is stepping up to the plate. I think the Iranian mad mullahs are wetting their underrags at the prospect of a vengful Iran (with the help of the many disaffected Iranians) stringing them up from the lamp posts, which is why they're sending their brainwashed crazies to kill Iraqis.