Heckuva Job, Bushie

NYTimes:

There is at least one point on which we and the critics of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Damascus can agree: It is the White House, not the speaker of the House, that should be taking the diplomatic lead. But the Bush administration has far more appetite for scoring political points than figuring out whether talking to Syria might help contain the bloodletting in Iraq or revive efforts to negotiate peace.

So long as Mr. Bush continues to shun high-level discussions with this troublesome but strategically located neighbor of Israel, Lebanon and Iraq, such Congressional visits can serve the useful purpose of spurring a much needed examination of the administration’s failed policies.

Yes, BushCo's active, belligerent disengagement has been an absolute disaster across his so-called Axis of Evil.  Iraq is a quagmire, Iran is growing in stature in the Arab and Persian world whilst gaining influence in Iraq and getting close to achieving nukes, and the DPRK has gone from being contained by the AF to obtaining actual nuclear weapons that ain't in the Oval Office's couch cushions.  But hey, at least Dubya's been able to swing his cock around--how else can you piss on the Constitution, Geneva and the UN Charter?

ntodd