Lost in Oz: The Shi'ite Has Hit the Fan in Iraq  Exclusive to
STR  The late comedian Bill Hicks once said that the struggle in
Iraq was never a war, because a war is when two armies are
fighting.  Hicks said this in 1991, during the first Gulf War,
but his statements could ultimately be true about the conflict
in Iraq today -- one extremely-well funded army is using the
best military technology in the world to fight a group of
religious zealots whose best weapon is strapping explosives to
themselves.  Also in war, there is a definite beginning and at
least a probable end in planning.  In its defense, the Iraq
"War" certainly has a beginning. This March will be the third
anniversary of "The Coalition of the Willing" and its united
armed forces storming into Southern Iraq and "taking charge." No
doubt the red states will be flying their mini-flags high out
the SUV windows this month. Go America!  My memories of the
whole ordeal are bittersweet at best. In 2002, the news was
plagued with the Bush administration