Iraq

This Thursday at Ramadi, about 70 miles west of Baghdad, at a meeting between representatives of the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment and a group of sheiks:



Sheik Fadal Ismail of Rutbah said he was tired of hearing coalition promises.



"We have yet to witness results," he said. "Fuel supply is zero, and power supply is terrible."



Many say the killings would stop if the Army were to stop the searches and pull back its forces. Col. David Teeples, commander of the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment in Ramadi, refused to promise that.



"I will continue to take action as I have in the past," he said. "I have had soldiers killed and wounded in every county represented here today. Ten soldiers of mine have died. I want the information on people who are bad in your community."



No one in the crowd spoke up.



I had to laugh when I read this, despite the gravity of the situation.

This is a farce.