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I view most of these deaths and woundings not as a result of Iraqi terrorists, or Saddam loyalists, but of an administration that's neither supporting the troops it's sending into harm's way, nor appropriately planning for an occupation that's turning increasingly ugly. Why hasn't the rest of the occupying army followed the example of Major General David Petraeus, commander of the 101st Airborne, now provisional ruler in Mosul? He has already trained a battalion (700 strong) of Iraqi security officers for Mosul, established a functional and representative city council, and reduced unemployment using money seized from Saddam's account. He's established a policy of not kicking in doors, but knocking instead, which does not alienate the people in Mosul. He also does not question the women of a family except through another Iraqi, and only then with a senior male family member there.

He's demonstrated that he knows how to work with the people of the town, and thanks to his capable leadership, Mosul is mostly calm. It is men like Maj. Gen. Petraeus that are a credit to our military, and our country, and keep Iraqi's faith in America alive. But everday that goes by that we let Dubya act stupid with our boys and girls, killing and wounding them, and humiliating and angering the Iraqis, we breed more terrorists because we only make ourselves look stupid and weak. That will only end up killing more Americans later.

And this, this will be Dubya's legacy.