Mark Levin has this to say about the torture of the two GIs:

Meanwhile, two kidnapped U.S. soldiers were apparently brutally tortured and murdered today. And the question I pose to those who rightly honor the Greatest Generation is this: What would our country have done 60 years ago in response to this war crime? How would our political and military leadership have acted? By all accounts, they would have demanded severe retaliation and retribution. And by that I don’t mean “bringing the perpetrators to justice,� as if we’re talking about some law-enforcement response to a white-collar crime. No, I’m talking about a military response of such devastation that the enemy fears the consequences of future kidnappings and executions of our men and women in uniform. And that’s what’s missing in this war — the enemy does not fear us (at least not enough) and defeatism (rather than victory) is being preached from Capitol Hill and the news and editorial pages.

In contrast, below I discuss the U.S. forces “setting up shop” a half mile into Ramadi, with soldiers digging in and betting on when they will be attacked.  Now, it may not be that the people who tortured and killed our two GIs come from the same groups of vermin that infest Ramadi.  There are currently thought to be four insurgent groups in Ramadi:

1. Ansar al-Sunnah
2. Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC)
3. The Mujahideen Army
4. The Conquering Army in Iraq

So if it was what is left of Al Qaida that tortured and killed the two GIs, then going directly after the four groups — even if they were at one time affiliated with Zarqawi — would not strike directly at those responsible for the atrocity.  However, the point is still salient.  The question to be asked is this: do our enemies fear us?  If they do, then they do … all of them.  If any of them don’t, then we need to reevaluate our tactics and strategy.