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"Victory has a thousand fathers," John F. Kennedy reportedly said, "but defeat is an orphan."
By that standard, George W. Bush has won the Iraq war.
Last month, Vice President Joe Biden proclaimed on CNN's "Larry King Live" that the peaceful transition to democracy and the (partial) withdrawal of U.S. forces "could be one of the great achievements of this administration."
Initially, I ignored Biden's comment because, well, he's Joe Biden. As critical as I may be of the Obama administration, holding it accountable for Biden's mouth seems grotesquely unfair.
But then White House spokesman Robert...
Credit Where Credit Isn't Due
--What was the huge truck convoy that left Iraq for Syria and the B. Valley in Lebanon as the regime was about to fall?
--What was in the 50+ jetliner-loads that flew out of Iraq for parts unknown (Russia?) at about the same time?
--What was the source of all the radioactive machine parts that showed up on the Rotterdam metals markets just after the war?
--What was the purpose of the hundreds of tons of yellowcake uranium ore found stored? What happened to the previous stocks in that pipeline?
--Did you know that the bomb labs in Libya that Qaddhaffi so generously revealed and closed after the war were Iraqi-funded and staffed?
All trivia, I know, but curious, curious.