ARTICLE: Failing By Example, By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, May 16, 2007, Pg. 19

A bit of a stretch by Friedman on DoJ, but more to the point on the CPA.

Bottom line analysis is very pertinent: Bush divides rather than unites. That with-us-or-against-us stuff can hold up for only so long (apparently only one term) and then the retreats begin.

Cheney and Rummy learned 2 things during their time with Ford: 1) don't do Vietnams and 2) restore the power of the presidency. By reaching so hard to meet both goals, they have--quite ironically and at great cost--gotten us into a very lonely tie-down in Iraq and diminished the presidency and U.S. stature in the world.

When you are that obvious in your fears, you hand your enemies everything they need to destroy you.

Again, history's judgment will be very harsh.