Back in the saddle

Well, after a post-surgical hiatus, I am back to blogging.  For those who are wondering, the surgery was not to remove the lump in my throat after the disappointing primary results for my favorites.  Stay tuned.

The terrorist is dead, long live the new terrorist?

This past week Americans were greeted with the early morning news that terrorist leader Abu Marsab al-Zarqawi was dead, killed in a bombing by American troops.  And everyone on the left is thrilled, right?  Wrong.  They describe it as something that makes no difference or worse.  So, this begs the question of how the left will react when we finally wake up the morning after Bin Laden is confirmed dead.  If getting the leader means everything in the case of Osama, how can it mean nothing in the case of the Zarqawi?  Or is this just political opportunism?