This should have been the first place we looked

ABC News: Bloodshed in N.Iraq, Govt. Hails Falluja 'Success'

So on a sign over the door, was a plaque that reads "Al-Qaeda Organiation" adorned with rifles. We believe it may have been the HQ for al-Zarqawi.

Perhaps ... and I know I am not a ... foreign specialist on military affairs, but perhaps we should have looked, earlier for buildings with signs that read "Al-Qaeda Organiation." That would be a better place to start ... then say, for instance, inside of Mosques. But ... you know, its not my war.

On a sidenote, I have to say that I do support the effort in Fallujah. We should have done this the very day the insurgency started. However, I understand the Political Capital needed to spend on this type of operation. However we have lost much of the country and most of any remaining "hearts and minds" by allowing so much chaos to ensue. We created the insurgency, we needed to destroy it. Well, I'm glad that is over.