More Last Throes

For a second I thought maybe our mission was accomplished in Iraq and the insugency was in its last throes. I guess someone should tell the troops that the war is over. Today from Iraq:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces, joined by Iraqi troops, on Thursday launched the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said.

The U.S. military said the offensive dubbed Operation Swarmer was aimed at clearing "a suspected insurgent operating area" northeast of Samarra and was expected to continue over several days.

You know, if they just told the truth from the beginning maybe I wouldn't be so pissed. Fuckin' asses, all of them (do-nothing Democrats included).

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