Pushing Iraq uphill . . .

I am increasingly getting the impression that the Iraqi insurgents have changed their focus, from attacking us to wiping out all Iraqis that try to collaborate with us. Specifically, new reports increasingly show attacks against Iraqi police, police academies, and now some newly minted soldiers. The message seems pretty clear: if you're training to be part of the solution, you are under threat. I can't imagine that the Iraqis aren't hearing it. Now we have to hope that they're either hopeful enough to try anyway or desperate enough to have no other employment options. Great.

So far, the press are not identifying this as a pattern. I wonder whether they will. A row of bodies killed execution-style would raise questions in Annapolis! News as it arises...