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Posted at 10:38am on Jun. 5, 2008 I await with some interest Senator Obama's assurance that this will fail.

You know. Quagmires, and all that.

By Moe Lane

After all, he's happy enough to declare similar activities in Iraq failures, and never mind such piddling little details like objective reality (Via Instapundit):

Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence

D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.

Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate “Neighborhood Safety Zones.” At least six officers will man cordons around those zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn’t live there, work there or have “legitimate reason” to be there will be sent away or face arrest, documents obtained by The Examiner show.

Lanier has been struggling to reverse D.C.’s spiraling crime rate but has been forced by public outcry to scale back several initiatives including her “All Hands on Deck” weekends and plans for warrantless, door-to-door searches for drugs and guns.

Under today’s proposal, the no-go zones will last up to 10 days, according to internal police documents. Front-line officers are already being signed up for training on running the blue curtains.

Of course, if Obama does come out against this he'll have to explain to his super-delegate Harry Thomas Jr. why this plan of the Councilman's is doomed to failure, so I expect that the junior Senator from Illinois will handle the situation by ignoring it for as long as possible, and then fire a staffer.

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