[McGavin999]

I don't think they can recover. They are not only not the strong horse, they are becomeing the weak, swayback, stove up nag that can't pull a wagon anymore.

Yep, they can still get off the occasional kick and can still step on your foot and break a few bones, but man, they are beginning to have "Glue Factory" written all over them.

[jmc1969]

They can recover as long as Sunnis fear being butchered by the Shia militias. Zarqawi for all his evil was no fool. He understood the only way al-Qaeda could survive in Iraq was if the Sunni public feared for their lives because of the Shia and saw al-Qaeda as a potental protector against the Shia militias.

Destroy the Madhi Army you destory al-Qaeda in Iraq.

[river rat]

"They are not only not the strong horse, they are becoming the weak, swayback, stove up nag that can't pull a wagon anymore."

Actually, the "Arab Warrior" is beginning to look more like a gang raped goat -- who has been rode hard and put away wet.

Payback is going to be a bitch -- once we get past all this "catch and release" bullshit, and start hanging or shooting these bastards instead of warehousing them..

Semper Fi