The media should really stop floating phrases such as “turning point” to describe the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It is really irresponsible. We’ve heard of turning points in this war many times before.

The fall of the Saddam statue;

The drubbing of those rabid killers in Fallujah who hung and burned civilian contractors from a bridge;

The capture of Saddam;

The appointing of The UN Ambassador to Iraq, who was then subsequently assassinated in a hotel bombing;

The first Iraqi election;

The adoption of a constitution;

The second Iraqi election;

The death of Zarqawi.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

We killed one man. No doubt responsible for the deaths of thousands, but still, only one man. If we fail to both capitalize on his death AND maintain momentum it is meaningless; it will be status quo, and the bloodbath will continue.

Although there have been fleeting moments of American muscle flexing, this veteran still gives Bush an “F” for his handling of Iraq, despite dropping a half ton of explosives on Zarqawi’s noggin.

Bush convened what is being called a “War Council” to assess where where they need to go with the war. He said “The best way to win this war against an insurgency is to stand up a unity government which is capable of defending itself…” This is Bush’s way of saying “I have no plan other than to hope that Iraqis can take over soon”.

The White House admitted that without Iraqi defense and interior ministers being named last week, the war council would not have happened.

Does this sound like someone in control to you? He is desperately trying to find some traction on the war, but I fail to understand why -all of a sudden- the death of one man is sparking so much talk about things changing. We should have been dropping bombs on the heads of the leadership of this terror campaing 3 years, and thousands of gallons of American blood ago.

As Commander-in-Chief, if you’re going to wage war on foreign soil, you have a moral obligation to ensure the hostilities end as soon as possible, with as few lives lost as possible, friend, enemy, or civilian.

Let’s face it. If we would have come down like a ton of bricks, perhaps more innocent lives would have been lost in the initial invasion, but I have been watching the body count rise steadily for over 2 years, and it’s getting worse.

A few civilian beheadings here… A mosque bombing there; 30 Iraqi police recruits taken off a bus and executed… Week after week after week. Well over 2,500 American dead; the vast majority of which are killed by IED.

With all due respect, Mr. President, I supported you for over 2 years on this war, but the blood of America’s best is not that cheap. You need to finish it so we can bring our soldiers home. This is insanity.