Probably not the quote that the Bush Virtue Warriors were thinking of when they named the latest feel-good offensive designed to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, one way or the other.
More than 5,000 US-led forces are sweeping through lawless hotspots in an area south of Baghdad known as Iraq's "triangle of death".
US, Iraqi and British troops have been conducting house-to-house searches and setting up vehicle checkpoints.
Renewed violence has hit Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland in recent weeks.
The upsurge in attacks follows the large assault on Falluja earlier this month, which aimed to stabilise the country before elections in January.
The joint operation, dubbed "Plymouth Rock", began in the village of Jabella, 80km (50 miles) south of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, where 32 people were arrested.
I guess Operation Fuck the Fourth Amendment was too sarcastic.
It was brilliant of the Administration to use a symbol of a traditionally Christian holiday to remind us why we're in Iraq. When Bush makes this year's pilgramage to deliver plastic turkeys to the American troops, I'm sure he'll remind non-puppet Prime Minister Allawi what happened to those who opposed colonization after the First Thanksgiving.
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