Mess O Potamia*

Oh the news just gets better and better:

Insurgents struck in northern and central Iraq on Wednesday in a series of bloody attacks that killed at least 79 people in three cities, and wounded at least 120 others, according to figures provided by the police and hospital officials. The attacks were a further intensification of a two-week-old onslaught by Sunni Arab insurgents who appear intent on destabilizing Iraq's newly formed Shiite-majority government.

In the deadliest attack, at least 38 people were killed and more than 80 wounded when a bomber detonated his vehicle in the main street of Tikrit, the Sunni Arab hometown of Saddam Hussein, about 110 miles north of Baghdad.

Gosh, I hope John Tierney isn't upset that I'm talking about another non-newsworthy suicide attack, but I have to wonder when does "insurgency" becomes "rebellion" and lead to "civil war"?

Of course, according to BushCorp™ logic (sic) the increasing level of violence is merely a sign of the rebels', er, insurgents', er, terrorists' increasing level of desperation. I guess that when they overthrow the current regime we'll really have 'em where we want 'em.

We'll be able to resume the air campaign.

(*With all credit and due respect to Jon Stewart)