Watermelon bombs:
26 killed in Iraq today; mostly through suicide/homicide bombings, but in one case explosives were strapped to a dog.
Bombings are picking up, it seems. Could it be that the insurgents sense a imminent change of domestic sentiment? Because I sure do.
As far as a plan goes, here's Rumsfeld on Meet the Press:
“The terrorists have no vision. They have no Ho Chi Minh. They have no Mao [Zedong]. They don't have any cause. Zarqawi [the rebels' leader] is a Jordanian a foreigner. They're killing Iraqi people and they're opposing an elected Iraqi government. That isn't any long-term formula for success.”
That sounds to me like a 'hope for the best' strategy.
UPDATE: Make that 33.