gravedigging and the dynamics of an educated workforce

Reading about EFPs in Iraq - explosively formed projectiles - and how they can rip through an Abrams tank and I was wondering how long before this expertise is exported and this lethal modification by the enemy starts showing up elsewhere, namely Israel, which has perfected use of tanks in your whoreson urban asymmetrical war zone - I wonder how or if the math has changed and if we see here the worm progressing through the belly of the King. Or -

Alexander died, Alexander was buried,
Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of
earth we make loam; and why of that loam, whereto he
was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away:
O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter flaw!

Well, a little ripe perhaps. The Pentagon blames Iran for this modification and immediately people see Bush setting stage for the Persian Gambit - but I don't see this: to me it's just more proof that they plan no such thing: the real use of the rhetoric is to raise the stakes of failure in Iraq, which is assumed and expected, in order to deepen the blame they intend to heap on hapless Democrats. They expect things to fall apart and for Iran to take over and the right wing will hold the left wing responsible for it.

It's sickening and absurd - which was the point of the Gravedigger scene, no? [you could argue it was simply a case of Shakey not liking lawyers very much - true, but that wouldn't necessarily change the intent of the conceit - yes, but...]

But, hey, the Dixie Chicks won album of the year last night at Grammys - so chalk up a victory for liberals there, right? Democrats absolutely dominate the battle space of meaningless award shows highlighting the achievements of vacuous, rich, pretty people. Suck on that Dick Cheney!
Hooah.