Ralph Peters in the New York Post:

We are not going to be lured into a “Stalingrad” in Baghdad. Ignore the prophets of doom, who have been wrong consistently. As this column has steadily maintained, we have time, but Saddam doesn’t. If we have to sit in a ring around Baghdad for several weeks while the last resistance is dismantled in innovative ways, then that’s what we’ll do.

I’ve been thinking that for a while, a war of attrition would be the smartest tactic for taking populated cities while minimizing damage to people and infrastructure. Speaking of which, it’s amazing that the lights are still on in Baghdad.

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