I'm routinely late to the punch with my political posts now. However, I'm encouraged by developments in Iraq. There's still no confirmation about whether the Sunnis actually killed two top Al Qaeda leaders, but it is very interesting that they want us to think they did. Why?

Whenever you hear the code words "sectarian violence" when discussing Iraq, the person saying those words is trying to gloss over the fact that Sunnis are trying to kill Shiites in Iraq for being Shiite. There's a name for that, and it looks a lot like what's occurring in Darfur, and what caused Clinton to get involved in Bosnia. Yes, Virginia, there really is such a thing as genocide, and yes, some Americans are suggesting we should be allowed to kill bad guys in Iraq so long as we don't actually try to stop an attempted genocide. Of course, failure to stop the Sunni-Shiite violence will likely lead to the utter destruction of Iraqi Sunnis. But, hey, it might get the right political party elected to office, so what are a few cracked eggs?

But why are some Sunnis trying to tell us they are on our side? It looks to me like some Sunnis believe they are on the wrong side of the battle, and they are trying to make amends. It sure is a good thing that we aren't going to capitulate, isn't it?