Iraq

Bremer issued a bushel of new edicts, almost 100 of them, tossed the keys to Iraq into Allawi's lap two days ahead of schedule and hightailed his Gucci-and-combat-boot-clad self out of the country, post-haste. Between Negroponte and Allawi, my guess is elections will go out the window and - minus a couple of thousand bodies later - Iraq will be back exactly where Saddam left off.



A plus for the current American administration is that the wretched country will now do the decent thing and disappear from the headlines. With the help of the oh so compliant American press, who would much rather focus on whether Kerry has had Botox injections or the level of wealth his wife enjoys.



Now, for the elections in America. May the Americans regain their common sense and vote this idiot and his neocon entourage from office in overwhelming numbers. Four more years of him, and we will without any doubt be entangled in a world war of epic proportions, as he will invade more countries. This I do not doubt. A fanatic missionary, which the man basically is, he believes so strongly in his faith's world view that he would shape it into that image.