So the question remains. Will the 600 Iraqi dead in Fallujah now being
buried be described as a "mass grave"? Maybe Bremmer can "contract out"
some ex Republican Guard as a consultant on how to put down civilian
rebellions?

Trying to bring democracy to a country which is mostly fundamentalist is
the ultimate exercise in squaring the circle. With incompetents at the helm
you could give Rumsfeld a trillion dollars and it would still all cricle
the drain as far as meeting any foreign policy objectives.

The fact that Bush is climbing in the polls is just another sign that
Americans have lost the capability to separate illusion from reality