BUT DAD, THEY'LL CALL ME A WUSS

Isn't THIS the most beautiful sight you ever saw in your life? It's the conference table in Baghdad, yesterday, on What to Do About Iraq. The USA and Iran and Syria are all sitting there together--not out of any great mutual affection, but out of the practicalities of self-interest. It is a concept that until now has eluded the ignoramus in the White House, and was no doubt forced upon him by his father's crew.

Of course it might have been nice if this picture had been taken in, say, January of 2003. Iraq was always the enemy of its neighbors; my enemy's enemy is my friend. A no-brainer, really. But you can't prove your manhood that way, and besides, even a no-brainer takes, well, some brains.