Take that you evil trees!

Not only are we winning the war on buildings over in Iraq, we're now taking the fight to the trees.

Expect success.

A bomb blast wounded two U.S. soldiers Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul while U.S. aircraft and tanks blasted trees and abandoned buildings along a road north of Baghdad to deny insurgents cover for rocket attacks.

...Near Baqouba, 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, U.S. jets and Apache helicopter gunships blasted abandoned buildings, walls and tree along a road where attacks have been so common that troops nicknamed it ''RPG Alley'' after the rocket-propelled grenades used by insurgents.

...Fighter-bombers dropped two 500 pound bombs and battle tanks fired their 120mm guns at suspected ambush sites. article

Yep. Just raze the place. Lay waste to whole sections of the country. Good plan.

They surely must be thinking we are the madmen and idiots we are showing ourselves to be. Wanton destruction.

Despite the administration's efforts to repair the country's infrastructure, Iraqis frequently complain about the slow pace of reconstruction seven months after the war that deposed Saddam's regime.

Well, it's a little hard to repair the country's infrastructure while you are simultaneously blasting the crap out of it. Yeah, I guess the pace would be slow using that approach.

"Clearly, we're sending the message that we do have the ability to run operations across a wide area," said U.S. Lt. Col. William MacDonald. "We have overwhelming combat power that we will utilize in order to go after groups and individuals who have been conducting anti-coalition activities."

And trees.

....hey, do what you want....you will anyway.