Is it all just a game? (The Center Spread).

THE U.S. MILITARY DEALT ITSELF A WINNING HAND with its "Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards," which it introduced on April 11. Each card features a picture and brief description of a member of Saddam Hussein's regime "who may be pursued, killed, or captured," said Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks. The cards not only proved popular with the public but also have the fringe benefit of making the military look good every time it holds a press conference to announce the "capture" of one of the deck's subjects. (What better way to counter growing criticism of fruitless hunts--for Osama bin Laden, Saddam, or weapons of mass destruction--than to create a gotcha list of people, many of whom have …