Who do you think wrote the following sentences:
The kaleidoscope of Mideast power relations has just gone through one of its periodic shifting of shapes. Saddam Hussein is a prisoner of war, Iran is accepting intrusive inspection of its nuclear sites, Khadafy is dismantling his weapons of mass destruction programs in order to have sanctions on Libya lifted, and Assad’s impoverished minority regime may look upon a negotiated peace with Israel as its best chance to prolong its existence.
Some nefarious neocon? Nah. Just the passionately anti-war Boston Globe, delicately avoiding why it might be that things have improved a mite in the Middle East recently. (Of course the only reason they are optimistic is in order to call for Israel to make more concessions. But sometimes you have to take epiphanies where you can find them.) A less surprising round-up of success is in Safire today.)
BUSH-IS-HITLER WATCH: The sicko left now takes on the troops. This image had me boiling mad.
MEET THE BLOGS: Tim Russert just discussed the intersection of the web and politics. Jeff Jarvis is way more interesting than the transcript. But the transcript has a picture of John Kerry that – even without words – sent me into a near-coma.