1 dead, 2 MIA. Al-Qaeda comes back with a vengeance.

Two American soldiers were missing and another was killed Friday after they came under attack at a traffic point southwest of Baghdad, an area with one of the most extensive strongholds of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the military said.

The military did not say whether the missing men had been captured, although a military spokeswoman acknowledged in an e-mail message that capture was possible.

It was a particularly violent day in Baghdad, where a suicide bomber who had hidden explosives in his shoes blew himself up in a crowd of Shiite worshipers in a mosque, killing 11 and wounding 25. In all, 16 Iraqis were killed Friday in attacks across the country.

In a short statement released late Friday night, the military said the Americans disappeared at 7:55 p.m. southwest of Yusifiya, a restive town known as a base for Qaeda fighters.

A blind man would have had no trouble seeing this coming. Bush has walked around with his chest puffed out after the killing of Zarqawi, all but saying that Al-Qaeda is neutralized.

So Al-Qaeda needs to show that it is still relevant. So for the first time in two years there may have been a kidnapping. We all know it will not end well for the soldiers. They will be made an example of. Most likely killed on video for the viewing pleasure of the Al-Qaeda, the insurgents, and the Iraqi's who want us to leave their country, which is almost all of them.

And all of this seems so unnecessary. The fate of these soldiers will anger Americans. The administration will capitalize on that anger and talk about getting "these murderers". Anybody against the war will be labeled a coward and the fog of war will drift across our country again.

They kill us so we kill them. We kill them so they kill us. They kill us so we kill them. We kill them so........how far does infinity go?