[syriacus]

The devastating attacks on the UN headquarters in Baghdad and the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf have clearly prompted a new sense of urgency

Weren't those both places that folks didn't want us to guard as well as we might have liked?

The intensification of the terrorist conflict in recent weeks tends to vindicate the tough-minded American analysis rather than the Foreign Office version.

These incidents underscore the fact that we've let them try it "their way," and their way was not as sensible as ours.

[Imal]

Are we really as weak as we claim to be, or is that what we want terrorists to believe?

Quagmire, or flypaper?

[onedoug]

"If we should fail?"

"We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail."

--Macbeth

[Gritty]

"We are at risk of strategic failure in Iraq."

Well, if we let the UN in with a strategic say, we sure are!

I fear all the naysayers demanding an "international coalition" are having an effect and the Administration is getting fearful of electoral politics and starting to fold it's winning hand. One would think they would stop listening to America's mortal enemies, which includes the Democrats.

This is the same crap which got us into trouble the last time. We are still paying a huge price for the delay and obfuscuration which in the end did us a lot more harm than good.

As the old Kingston Trio song says,

"When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn!?"

[wildbill]

This guy Daniel Johnson certainly makes claims that would indicate he was right there in No. 10 when the Brit leaders met.

Judging from the rather loose journalistic ethics of some of the British press (like the BBC) does anyone know why we should believe this bloke.

[RightWhale]

Everything will be fine at least until the next election.