Iraqi Mined School

A mined school was discovered in Iraq. The building was still under construction, and the bombs were apparently planted as this place was being built (story). The official explanation now is that some assholes planned to blow the entire girl's school once the classes started. Bombs were well hidden between the walls and mined into the floors, really meant to sit there until one wants it up in the air.

What they are missing is that a new school's opening in Iraq is such a wonderful photo op! Both for Iraqi and American officials. Would make nice pics in conservative media showing "the true progress in Iraq", as they like to put it. The place was set up to blow the whole thing at once. I would not be surprised if this was really a mouse trap set for the likes of John McCain visiting for a little publicity.

So maybe what we are dealing with are not some crazy psychopathic nutcases, but rather thinking and calculating psychopathic nutcases, which is exactly what psychopathic nutcases tent to be. They should be treated as such, promptly and in an efficient manner. This is a problem for the White House, because they would have to depart from their one-bomb-fits-all strategy and start thinking, but hey that's a prohibited word. It is now becoming ever more evident that Iraq is America's single largest hope-based initiative ever.