Civil war continues in Iraq

The civil war in Iraq continues unabated, despite the increase in the number of US troops in recent days:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of attacks killed at least 51 people across Iraq Thursday, including 43 within a half hour in a Shiite section of Baghdad, officials said.

That's why we have to "stay the course," of course. The course has worked so well to date that we'll just stay on it, and on it, and on it, and on it ...

And, so far this month, 62 American GIs have been killed there.