Sometimes I feel like this guy. Just a bunch of jumbled junk barely held together and forced to walk eternally.

I wonder if some of our soldiers in Iraq didn’t feel the same way after two weeks of crossing the deserts to Baghdad. One can only hope that we are near the end of this battle. The war is far from over, but this full-fledged onslaught may be nearing its end.

Arab Muslims from other countries are promising to come to Iraq’s aid which is just a veiled threat against the US. I fear that our soldiers and our citizens are facing a violent backlash against our actions in Iraq. We should have never touched any of the monuments in Baghdad. We should not be draping or flying US flags on anything but our people and our vehicles.

If there’s one thing we know about the Arab culture, it’s that it’s a culture of honor and reputation. The people of Iraq take their nationality and the symbols of that nationality very seriously. OK, so the statue of Saddam might should come down, but the US soldiers should not have helped. We cannot be seen as the conquerors of that land or its people.

Honestly, it’s too late for these words. The deeds have been done and filmed and beamed around the globe. What we should do now is prepare for the retribution.