Cutting off their nose?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded at the funeral of a Kurdish official in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing about 30 Iraqis and wounding more than 50, (according to) the U.S. military, as the death toll in a wave of violence against Iraq's new government rose to at least 120.

The "insurgents" (a euphemism if ever there was one) are still at it, blowing up more people all the time with their Improvised Explosive Devices.

But lately, they've been mostly killing their fellow Middle Easterners, which doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense; rather than persuading people that their cause is a just one (although it's not), they are trying to rule by fear. Of course, that's exactly the terrorists' (which is what the so-called "insurgents" really are) Modus Operandi...right out of Basic Terrorism 101.

These "insurgents" are desperate; since they were fighting a losing battle against Coalition forces, now they're focusing on a "soft target", their own people.

Someday, hopefully soon, they can either be wiped out or made to see the error of the ways.

The spread of Democracy, in whatever form it may take in the Middle East, cannot happen quickly enough. Ideally, what with the withdrawal of the last of Syria's troops from Lebanon, the Lebanese people can form a democracy of their own. Other countries in the region, like Iran, will continue to feel the pressure from within to create some kind of representative government.

In essence, a completely new type of "Domino Theory" could take place; the World would only be a better place if it does...