The Rollercoaster That is the News

Poor Cindy Sheehan was arrested yesterday:

Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.

Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests.

Sheehan was the first taken into custody. She stood up and was led to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching."

This is really sad. No, not the fact that she was arrested, that just furthers her "cause" in her mind. No, what is really sad is that she has ruined her life for...what? She has been seduced by the left and used as a puppet. They promise fame and say that she can assuage her pain if she pounds on the president daily. "Go up on the stage, Cindy" they say. "Be even more radical than yesterday and the day before".

What has it gotten her? She'll be a trivial pursuit question in a year. Then she'll be left with nothing. She will lose her chance to blog onin Arianna's playhouse. She'll call International ANSWER and they'll shift the call to some intern.

She'll be left with her grief and nothing else. Her son died for a valiant cause, a cause one day I hope she understands. She's lost her husband and her family is embarrassed for and by her. It's sad.

In much better news, Zarqawi's second-in-command has been liquidated by US Special Forces:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Forces killed Al Qaeda's (search) No. 2 terror mastermind in Iraq (search), Defense Department officials said.

FOX News has confirmed that Abu Azzam (search), who was believed to have been in charge of the financing of terrorist cells in the war-torn country, was killed during a raid in Baghdad early Monday morning Iraq time. Azzam is thought to be the top deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search), Iraq's most wanted terrorist.

Azzam is the latest in a series of top Zarqawi deputies that have been killed or captured by coalition forces in recent months. Zarqawi's Al Qaeda in Iraq (search) group has taken responsibility for some of the country's most horrific acts of terror including car bombings, kidnappings and beheadings of Iraqi civilians and westerners.

Earlier this month Zarqawi, a Sunni Muslim, pledged war on Iraqi Shiites in response to the U.S. and Iraqi military offensive on the town of Tal Afar near the Syrian border.

The U.S. military said it is continuing to make progress dismantling Zarqawi's operations. Officials credit much of the success to the increasing number of tips coming from Iraqi civilians. A top U.S. commander in northwestern region of the country said that 80 percent the terror network has been affected by coalition operations in his region.

Good work men. Enjoy Hell, Abu.