Mere Rhetoric: Bush Changes Policy: US Soldiers Can Kill Iranian Agents In Iraq. Read That Again. It's A Policy Change

All well and good. But did you know that the policy thus far has been to catch the little darlings and then release them?

In an effort to strike at Iran's influence in the Middle East, US President George W. Bush has authorized US forces in Iraq to apprehend or kill Iranian agents operating in that country, the Washington Post reported Friday. According to the article, the "catch and release" policy on Iranian suspects that the US military has employed in Iraq for over a year was determined by defense officials to be ineffective. "There were no costs for the Iranians," an administration official told the Washington Post. "They are hurting our mission in Iraq, and we were bending over backwards not to fight back."

Seriously - we're trying to be sarcastic here, but we're just failing. Of course the US has been losing in Iraq - they're capturing their enemies and then letting them go back into the battlefield to try again. It's like a playground game - you get captured, and then there's a pause and everyone goes back to where they started. Except it's a war, and it's against the 21st century's greatest threat to Western civilization. So it's nice that US soldiers are allowed to kill them now. Huge step.

Previously: Hamas Victory - Now Can We Start Worrying About Iran?, Another Holy Month? Are You Kidding? (Also, Some Real News About Iraq), Democratic Leader "Pleased" Israel Has No Plans To Defend Itself From Iran

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