Someone is getting desperate

By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents set off car bombs and seized police stations Thursday in a six-city offensive aimed at creating chaos ahead of next week's handover of power to a new Iraqi government. U.S. and Iraqi forces took back control in heavy fighting that killed more than 100 people and wounded about 320.

Don't get me wrong, this is a major attack and a set back for those who want peace. However, I am also wondering if this is also a last gasp from the bad guys who know they are on their way out. Like the Tet (sp) offensive, which the media reported as a US and South Vietnamese defeat, that basically destroyed the Viet-Cong as a military and political force, could this be the last attempt of the bad guys to inflict damage and their hope to win the propaganda war while going down to military defeat? I do hope so.

The hand over to Iraq on June 30 will not end the violence but will change the nature of the situation. Now the bad guys will be targeting the Iaqi government and not the occupiers. If the government has support (and I think it will and does), the bad guys will find themselves getting very lonely.