[xm177e2]

"We have been totally taken aback by the ineptness of the regime. I think people have now given up, but there is nobody in authority to authorise the surrender," the minister said.

So you admit you misjudged the enemy? Is that why we are now in this quagmire? </sarcasm>

[Illbay]

Tony Snow and the "Beltway Boys" were "comparing and contrasting" columns written just one week apart by the NYT's "Johnny Apple."

Last week: QUAGMIRE. This week: THE MOST AMAZING FEAT SINCE PATTON'S THIRD ARMY.

And NO attempt to justify why the abrupt turn-about. I guess our leftist presstitutes are just used to doublethink.