Egypt's weird quasi-sorta-ifyousquintyoureyesitalmostlookslikean election

Good op-ed by Jackson Diehl, who always impresse:

Egypt's Potemkin Election . . .
By Jackson Diehl
Monday, August 29, 2005; Page A15

The Big Bang definitely shakes some walls in Egypt, but not enough for Mubarek not to try and steal another election.

Still, sad to think that we can't push this pile a bit more than we are. In many ways, this lost opportuunity is yet another casualty of doing the SysAdmin job poorly in Iraq.

Think about that . ..

Then read an excellent companion piece by Kagan:

. . . and American Paralysis

By Robert Kagan

Monday, August 29, 2005; Page A15

And ask yourself how good a job Rice is doing.