So first President Bush, fresh from his visit to al-Anbar province, reportedly tells the deputy PM of Australia that “we’re kicking ass” in Iraq — the “we” being U.S. forces. If the report is true, the comment makes one wonder if the President remembers how that “Bring ‘em on!” remark went over more than four years ago. Then he referred to the APEC conference he was attending as “OPEC” and Australian forces as “Austrian forces.” No doubt he’ll figure out these nuanced distinctions when he’s traveling the world during his last year in office.
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Our Pakistani Allies
In another demonstration of diplomatic silliness, the Pakistanis have convicted the doctor who helped us find Osama bin Laden of treason and sentenced him to 33 years in prison. This helps to clarify which side the Pakistanis are actually on. Hint: it’s not ours. I’ll have more about this in my print column tomorrow.
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Morning Must Reads: Revisited
- ”Uncommitted” and a perennial candidate gave Obama a run for his money last night in Arkansas and Kentucky primaries. It’s almost as if he might lose those states, which McCain won by about 20 points in 2008, this fall.
- A WSJ/NBC poll finds that very few people are familiar with or have an opinion about Bain Capital.
- We’ll indulge the private equity debate anyway: Here’s David Brooks, Tim Noah and Steve Rattner.
- It’s well worth re-visiting this New York magazine story from October.
