Winning the war on "terra"

The latest reports on the death of an American contractor at the hands of an al-Qaeda lieutenant in Iraq should rightly sicken us all.

However, we should be even more sickened by the fact that Bush was offered more than once the opportunity to launch a strike against said lieutenant--and refused. Why? Because it would interfere in the case for war against Iraq!

And we should just trust that the government is working in our best interests. Right.