[Pan_Yans Wife]

Rummy was just being Rummy. He was making the point that America never NEEDS allied forces to wage a war against Iraq. He said this to a snarky reporter, btw. He quickly apologized, so that the Brits knew that we WANTED them to join us. Never for one minute doubt that Rummy is fully operating from the page that Bush wants him to.

[Redleg Duke]

The Bush Administration has successfully played the media all along. They fed them the lines that the media wanted to hear and used the media to misdirect the enemy, both foreign and Democratic...er...domestic.