The good news from Iraq

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, is dead -- again. Probably for good this time.

Now if we could only capture or kill Saddam, victory would be assured.

What's that? We did capture Saddam?

Never mind.

Mission accomplished.

Ya think?

I think not.

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UPDATE: Spencer Ackerman of The New Republic: All decent people can take satisfaction in the U.S. military's killing of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi yesterday evening. Even by the grotesque moral standards of Al Qaeda, Zarqawi truly was a monster--someone for whom non-adherence to the most radical interpretations of radical Islamism represented a sufficiently worthy target for slaughter. That monstrosity is why President Bush rightly celebrated the military's successful deliverance of "justice" to Zarqawi. But it's also why, in a rather perverse sense, Zarqawi's death may in fact be a bad thing--carrying with it a potential downside for the United States and for Iraqis, and representing a windfall for Al Qaeda. Read the rest.