Chess 9. "Go home." Thus it was spoken, thus it is being done (11/13/03). Our authorized violence is escalating in Iraq. But look how many times they say "bombed a suspected whatever." It makes the public feel like we're doing something. But we don't actually know much. The population is becoming increasingly polarized against us as a citizen rounds the corner and gets his head blown off by nervous American troops. I was pretty impressed by the "snake eaters," the army's special action group (I forget its real name). They seem to be able to go in and deal with the indegenous population to actually get something done. But that takes mucho training and maturity. Drop 130,000 teenage yahoos into a completely different culture and you get a really different result.