Bits from the Blogs:

From Ratbang Diary:

For five years, the White House practice has been to call failure by another name: Success.

From Sic Semper Tyrannis 2005:

Why did we go down the "suicidal" road of seeking to bring our long term enemies to power as a satellite government of Iran?

From No Quarter:

We are the midwife of a new Shia state.