The enemy reacts to the surge

The snake thrashes hardest when you start sawing its head off -- but that's no reason to stop sawing. And the Iraqi people understand what's at stake:

About 16,000 demonstrators flooded the main street of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, marching toward two Shiite shrines there. Participants rallied with placards reading, "No to terrorism" and "Iraqis are one people, whether Shiite or Sunni."

We must not abandon them to the tender mercies of the murderous "insurgents".