BAGHDAD, Iraq - The spiraling violence coincides with increasingly strident demands from the Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for American forces to pull back into bases and leave Iraq's cities and towns under the control of his military and police forces. But the highly partisan troops and police are believed to be involved in sectarian killings themselves or to look the other way, allowing Shiite death squads and militias to operate unmolested.

I agree with the Prime Minister, let the Iraqi Military and police take up the fight. Our efforts to quell the violence has failed. I don't believe any strategy change on the part of the US is going to be effective, with the exception of carpet bombing cities and towns controlled by the insurgency. Start in Sadr city and Takrit and take it from there. Time to take the gloves off to win this war or get the hell out.

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