OBVIOUSLY, IT WORKED

We go into the town of Samarra in Iraq, get ambushed, and respond by fucking the insurgents up royal (with conflicting reports as to whether a significant portion of the 54 people we killed were civilians). That'll show 'em.

Only, it hasnt.

A U.S. soldier was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near the tense Iraqi town of Samarra on Tuesday, the U.S. Army said.

A military spokeswoman said a convoy from the U.S. 4th Infantry Division was the target of the attack south of Samarra, where American troops say they killed 54 Iraqis in a bloody street battle at the weekend.

Um, now what?