No worries Funked (it happened two other times as well). Now that you mention it, my response woulda got me whacked with the mod stick along with ya.
In other news:
The Bush Administration: Holy cow did we ever screw up! The wheels are coming off, but
fast. "What we expected to achieve was never realistic given the timetable or what unfolded on the ground," said a senior official involved in policy since the 2003 invasion. "We are in a process of absorbing the factors of the situation we're in and shedding the unreality that dominated at the beginning."
It makes ya stop and just shake your head. I never understood what these people were thinking. But it's nice to see them finally admit that there's such a thing as a reality out there. Ya can't Intelligently Design a dreamy one on your own terms, at least not all the time.
There is so much in that article that it's hard to even know where to begin.
"Administration officials still emphasize how much they have achieved....".... pointing to an Iraq that can sustain itself, govern itself and defend itself, but are "slowly realizing we will have some form of Islamic republic."
d'Oh!
Well look at that.... That's exactly what ya had
BEFORE the invasion!
So the question becomes, what did the deaths of a coupla thousand kids, untold amounts of dead Iraqis, a damaged reputation and billions of dollars get ya?
Squat.
Nice move.
