{"id":51,"date":"2005-03-12T22:41:24","date_gmt":"2005-03-13T03:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clank.org\/pundit\/?p=51"},"modified":"2005-03-12T22:41:24","modified_gmt":"2005-03-13T03:41:24","slug":"i-hate-to-say-it-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clank.org\/pundit\/2005\/03\/12\/i-hate-to-say-it-but\/","title":{"rendered":"I hate to say it, but…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I told you so<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, not really<\/a>. Not much at all<\/a>.
\n
\nVia Tom Maguire<\/a>, via Rich Lowry<\/a>, this AP story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n
March 5, 2005 – BAGHDAD – As more people lose loved ones to the relentless terrorism, Iraqis are becoming increasingly angry at the rebels, even staging public demonstrations condemning them.<\/div>\n
… Yesterday, hostility to the insurgency boiled over into bloodshed in Wihda, 25 miles south of Baghdad. Townsmen attacked militants thought to be planning a raid on the town and killed seven of them, police Capt. Hamadi al-Zubeidy reported.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m actually more than a little concerned at the second paragraph. One would hope that there’s enough of a legal system in place that vigilantism shouldn’t be necessary. However, if there is a silver lining to this, it’s that popular support for the terrorists is waning.<\/p>\n

Yep.<\/p>\n

I told you so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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