EATING THE SEED CORN:

We will engage and kill anyone armed with an RPG,” he said. U.S. and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces do not use them.

He said his battalion had killed eight or nine fighters in the past three weeks or so, wounded four and captured a dozen. Of those involved in attacking U.S. forces many were the sons of families closely tied to Saddam’s clique. Russell said that suggested to him that the resistance had trouble recruiting.

“I think they’re eating the seed corn,” he said.

Sounds good to me. Let’s hope it’s true.