QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You know, a-lot of-our guys in-Iraq carry around pieces of-the World Trade Center. The chattering classes are talking about the relationship between Saddam Hussein and 9/11. These guys are under no-illusions. It’s-all part of-the same war.” – Richard Perle, in a worthwhile interview in the Jersualem Post. My favorite aphorism: “Syria is a terrorist organization.”

THE RUSSIAN GAMBIT: With Iraqi oil in the, er, distant pipeline, and the Russian markets beginning to pop, maybe Dubya’s grand energy strategy isn’t looking so foolish after all.

WITCOVER WON’T BUDGE: He stands by his use of the term “imminent threat.”