#2 Zarqawi is an unstable psycopath. If he is the best that Al-qaida has, then the organization is in trouble. Berg murder was a monumental blunder as a strategic terror ploy, as it takes all the PR value generated by the unfortunate Al-Gaib incidents and puts the reality of evil right back in focus.
I would tend to believe that the Marine sucess in Fallujah and the Army accomplishments in Najaf were so impressive that Zarqawi needed a quick shock value action to rally his jihadi. This is no time to cut and run. |