A couple of kids

Jesus Christ. Just when it seems the depths of barbarity have been plumbed in this god-forsaken war, it turns out there's deeper to go.

The entire Post account is a microcosm of the entire conflict: A military screw-up and insufficient forces leaves low-ranking soldiers vulnerable; horrible deaths at the hands of insurgents ("anti-Iraqi forces," is now apparently the preferred term used by the military); the death -- rather than capture -- of an al Qaeda "leader;" an airstrike by U.S. forces leads to the alleged (by witnesses) death of Iraqi children.