I certainly appreciate your point Tom. The goal of our soldiers is not, I assume, to produce the highest number of dead bodies that they can. The invasion was probably about as peaceable and bloodless as they're likely to get, at least in the near-term. Not to suggest it's been a walk-in-the-park for anyone involved.

But I think Raoul's got a point when he uses the word responsible. We weren't exactly dragged into Iraq kicking and screaming. We chose to go in and assume authority, and with that, at least a certain measure of responsibility for how things go...maybe even a fairly large measure. It might not be our people who are causing the majority of the havoc, it's still happening on our watch.