ARTICLE: "Pentagon Chief Says Iran Is Arming Afghan Fighters," by Greg Jaffe and Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal, 14 June 2007, p. A7.

Yes, regional powers will game us every time we intervene locally. What do we expect?

Iran's arming people left and right--quite literally, but remember Saudi Arabia's not remaining aloof in Iraq either. As for Afghanistan?

[The Bush Administration has] far more evidence of Pakistan supplying the Taliban, but they don't say anything, because Islamabad's an ally," said Barnett Rubin, an Afghanistan expert at New York University.

Gates thinks Iran might be trying "to play both sides of the streets."

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Does it seem like we're fielding a serious B Team here?

Don't expect it to get any better as this thing winds down.

Gillespie for Bartlett is a good example. Let's bring in the architect of Bush's mid-term humiliation.