That's the way it appears, but is it really progress? I think it's just getting further stuck. Playing policeman to a 1400 or so year old feud that shows little sign of evolving. OBL calls Iraq the central front in their war cause it's their surest bet to bankrupt us, IMO.

The surge has hastened that end.

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