More Pattern Recognition

The Bush administration really knows how to spin. Listening to Bush the last few days on NPR you get the impression that we have achieved all our goals in Iraq. However, reading Paul Krugman's column in tomorrow's New York Times, I am directed to the Brookings Institute's Iraq Index. My, my. Check it out. Oh, and here is Krugman's close: "Let's say the obvious. By making Iraq a playground for right-wing economic theorists, an employment agency for friends and family, and a source of lucrative contracts for corporate donors, the administration did terrorist recruiters a very big favor."