This shouldda been subtitled, "Massively Stuck With Lemons, Bush Learns to Love Lemonade."

A very calm news article, it takes a few nice swipes at the NeoCons.  Remember them?  I'm sure that the Iraqis will never forget them.

And you have to love this little gem close to the end : "As for democratization, the rough go in Iraq, as well as the Hamas victory in the Palestinian territories, has taken the shine off  the idea of Middle Eastern democratization."  Oh, really.  A day late and a buck short, the more skeptical amomg us might womnder?

A lot of the article provides positive spin for the [presumed?] influence of SecState Rice here, so perhaps her mainstrem realist tendendies are returning to her after her flirtation with the Neocons?

With no acceptable unilateral options regarding Iran and the DPRK, does POTUS Bush feel like a guy who bet his life savings on a longshot and lost?