No wait. The administration now believes that there is in fact some centralized coordination to the attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq.

But they don’t care.

More accurately, they claim it doesn’t matter. No of course not. Why would it matter? Who’s organizing these forces? Rummy says don’t worry, ‘cause we’re gonna get them. Yep.

So that’s that. In other news the Middle East is still as vibrant as ever. So much so in fact that in three days I’ve heard three separate assertions on three different networks that a U.S. lead coalition of peace-keepers might be the only way to stop the violence and save the “road map.” Wouldn’t that be great? I mean they've done wonders in Korea over the past 50 years.

I give credit to Senator John McCain for understating the obvious today: “The Israelis can defend themselves.”

It scares the hell out of me that there’s an increasingly vocal segment of the U.S. population that believes our country - and our president - have some kind of cosmic destiny to fulfill. These people shop at Wal-Mart. I’m a Target Boutique guy myself, so you can understand my dismay.

Who knows, maybe this religious fervor thing will be good for us. Maybe someone will run a slew of “How would Jesus vote?” ads with mushroom clouds hovering over the “holy land” before the election, and people will finally pull their heads out their asses.

I won’t hold my breath.

P.S. John Ashcroft is in Portland today. I expect to be monitored.

Labels: iraq, John Ashcroft, John McCain