Rumsfeld approves new U.S. strategy: murder of women and children

This is one of those where you really need to read both stories.



According to the Independent, almost all of those killed by U.S. forces were women and children. What is worse, locals maintain that the 1,000 or so insurgents in Samarra left town a couple of days before the U.S. arrived.



"What has to be done in that country is what basically was done in Samarra over the last 48 hours," Donald Rumsfeld told an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.



So there you have it: first allow the bad guys to escape, then massacre a bunch of civilians, wait a week or so, and then wonder why there are even more bad guys than before.



Independent (UK) - Civilians bear brunt as Samarra 'pacified'



Washington Post - Rumsfeld Sees of Re-taking Samarra as Model