"Take a look at Najaf. Sick and tired of totally useless bloodshed, this city of merchants prevailed upon the Americans and Iraqi defense forces to come back into the city, to be welcomed by children with thumbs up and repeating over and over again their few English words: "I love you" to American soldiers. The people of Najaf threw Sadr's thugs out. The people of Najaf had had enough of the riff-raff. They loathe the terrorists' religious "courts," from which those accused often simply disappeared, never to be seen again. Enough extremist terror. Americans did not have to fight their way in, they were begged to come in, and given a warm and happy welcome."

Is this the same Najaf where the US has been bombing on and off since April, where Marines and Iraqis have been dying for longer than that?

This is THAT Najaf? A cake-walk? Tell it to the families of the dead. What's wrong with this guy, and NRO for publishing him? Are they completely off their rockers? What is irresponsible reporting, anyway?

No wonder conservatives think Iraq is the next Cancun, and that Paradise in Iraq is just around the corner. It's what they're being told.

Wow.

Arf