THIS MODERN WORLD

Tony Blair is a funny man:

[Blair] was challenged by Sir David that the Western intervention in Iraq had “so far been pretty much of a disaster”.

He replied: “It has, but you see what I say to people is why is it difficult in Iraq?

“It’s not difficult because of some accident in planning, it’s difficult because there’s a deliberate strategy – al-Qaeda with Sunni insurgents on one hand, Iranian-backed elements with Shia militias on the other – to create a situation in which the will of the majority for peace is displaced by the will of the minority for war.”

Yes…there are many things you can plan for in war, but one thing for which it is impossible to plan is someone fighting you.

A new CD & DVD edition of Johnny Cash at San Quentin. When I was growing up, the original LP version of this concert was a staple of our household, so I’m really looking forward to sitting down with this expanded version.

Don’t know her source, but my favorite AM radio leftie, Stephanie Miller, reports that someone is producing an operatic rendition of the O’Reilly/Mackris filings.

Just to refresh your memory:

Even more graphic highlights here, in case you’re in the mood for a stroll down memory lane with Bill.

From a Fox News internal memo leaked to the Huffington Post:

“Let’s be on the lookout for any statements from Iraqi insurgents, who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem-controlled Congress.”

By the way, isn’t the very existence of an Iraq Study Group a tacit admission that the Bush Administration doesn’t know what the hell they’re doing in Iraq? Don’t we already have people on the government payroll to come up with military strategy and foreign policy? If they need Poppy Bush’s friends to come in and tell them how to do their jobs, then maybe we need more competent people making these decisions in the first place.

Then again, the whole Baker/Hamilton Commission is a fool’s errand anyways. It doesn’t matter how many “experts” Bushie convenes, they’ll never find a solution to a problem that can’t be solved.