Well, as I see it the colision was an accident. I refuse to speculate on who might have been at fault but I can guarantee a pilot does not ram another plane in mid air on purpose!

I grant the Shrub enough credit to recognize that Colin Powell and the permanent civil servants that make up the State department pulled his butt out of the fire.

I grant the Shrub's handlers enough credit that they managed to stay out of the way while the career diplomats got the job done. And they managed to keep the Resident of the White House from stuumbling all over himself.

And any credit I grant him is revoked in the light of his budget and the reduction of funding for some of the most important programs we have going, such as the alternative energy research, and the foolish attack on the education system.