If Bush and Allawi Were Right Last Week

when they said Sumarra was one of the peaceful cities completely under our control, why did they spend the night of the debate bombing the hell out of the city, killing "109 insurgents" (some of them, as reported by indy media, who appear to be about 3 years old)?

Methinks we controlled more of Iraq before the war when we had no-fly-zones over the entire north and south. Certainly a lot less people died everyday. And we hadn't spent $200-465 billion (the latter may be a truer figure by some estimates) to free Iraqis to get butchered and bombed.

I daresay that less people probably died under Saddam, who was a cruel and terrible man. What does that say about this war?