Victory

Baghdad security plan spokesman kidnapped from his home, most likely by the Mahdi Army. Must be another "by-product of the success of the surge". Meanwhile, glad to see we're launching airstrikes in the middle of a city in order to help one group of militias wrest power from another group of militias -- makes me glad we're taking our moral obligations in Iraq seriously.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/03/victory/44027/