You have to wonder what this incident does to Bush’s mantra of “As the Iraqis stand up, we’ll stand down” strategy, which like all of his strategies is failing right out of the box.

Soldiers who witnessed the attack have told her that two Iraqi patrolmen opened fire on her son’s unit. The witnesses also said a third gunman simultaneously drove up to the American unit in a van, climbed onto the vehicle and fired at the Americans, she said.