It appears that the escalation of terrorism has begun as an automatic consequence of the Iraq war. The suicide bombing In Najaf seems to be the tip of the iceberg, now that people are crossing the border from Syria. This will of course be seen as reason to expand the war by the Bush regime to include Syria and possibly Iran. This expansion will further a fortress Arabia that will become a hotbed of a perpetual war. It is going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy that embedded journalism will maintain and convey to Americans as pre-packaged war propaganda. If our nation is doing something wrong, that can be identified as a form of self-abuse, then the true loyalty is to act with dissent.