Tragic

MSNBC:

A pair of car bombs exploded near government offices in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing 18 and wounding three dozen, and insurgent attacks against the nation’s nascent security forces left at least eight others dead countrywide, officials said.

The near-simultaneous explosions outside an Interior Ministry office in a southeastern Baghdad neighborhood killed 18 and wounded 36 others, said a ministry official, Cap. Ahmed Ismael. The morning blasts sent large plumes of smoke over the city.

Insurgents kept up attacks Thursday against Iraq’s security services, forces which the U.S. military says must be able to impose a level of calm in the country before American troops can depart.

I'll go out there and say while security is a big problem, the bigger problem is removing the environment that causes such attacks. Since I'm not on the ground, I have no real solution for this one, but I would think preventing car bombing or drive by shooting would be much more difficult that preventing the reasons behind them. That's the reason we should strongly consider leaving, I think.

If things go bad, we can always invade again, right? Just drum up more false charges and go!