WTF Is It Now?!?

'Situation normal - all Bushed up'
From Peter Lee's piece, here:

Let us also pause to acknowledge the artful mendacity of Colin Powell. Seeking to drive another crooked nail into Saddam's coffin, he pre-spun his exclusive advance copy of bin-Laden's latest audiotape into evidence of collusion between Iraq and al-Qaeda. The media dutifully obliged with the appropriate headlines.

When the actual transcript appears, the fact that bin-Laden was actually excoriating Saddam's regime and calling on Iraqis to defend their homeland against an American assault will serve as an interesting sidebar in a FAIR retrospective of the lies that made the Iraq war possible.

Again, the American public, though incurious about the actual facts of the case, will draw a correct conclusion: efforts to limit al-Qaeda's activities and appeal in the Arab world are totally fucked up.

Nothing left to do but fire up the bombers and hope the war doesn't turn into a colossal fuck-up too.