Winning the Hearts and Minds

Another busy day so posting is slow. Head over to Jazz's place to find out how not to win hearts and minds in Iraq but how the right wingers think it is a good idea.

In an effort to bring everyone together for a unified, democratic Iraq, today we apparently raided a Sunni Mosque on their holy day as people were leaving services. Several were dead and another 40 detained. No weapons or explosives or other dangerous items were recovered, but our troops did manage to recover "a computer and books, including a Quran." This prompted some predictable responses in the blogosphere.

Go check it out.