Seige

Needlenose makes a very good point today.

The news has been filled with stories of bridges blown up. Additionally, fuel supplies (which have been crappy for some time) have become a bigger problem in Baghdad. Increasingly hardened checkpoints, blown-up pipelines, increasing violence are also facts of life. Are the Sunni's doing a slow motion seige of Baghdad? Larry Johnson:

... the bombed bridges of Baghdad are not a quaint romantic tale, but a warning sign of potential disaster for U.S. forces in Iraq. The ongoing attacks on bridges in and around Baghdad creates significant risks and logistical obstacles for U.S. forces in Iraq. In my opinion these attacks are part of deliberate strategy to create ambush chokepoints, degrade the capability of U.S. Quick Reaction Forces, and enhance the ability of insurgent forces to cut the U.S. lines of communication.

Isn't this a logical counter-strategy to an escalation of troops into Baghdad? If you can't beat em' head on, surround em'.