Llove Letters

AP – Iraqi security forces conducted intense searches at checkpoints in Baghdad on Monday amid warnings of more attacks, as Iraqis questioned how two buses packed with explosives penetrated what was supposed to be one of the city’s safest areas, killing 155 people. This report reminds me of that old adage about closing the barn door after the horse is already gone. I don’t know anything about the security, or lack thereof, in Baghdad, but it would appear to me that something went dreadfully wrong somewhere. I do know that when things are going right, or perhaps when things are not going badly, we have a tendency to be a…