And the new campaign could point out how correct it was in 2002/3 to claim a strong link between Al Qaeda and Iraq. Well, it may not have been true then but it surely is true now, thanks to Bush's politics. So that was not a lie it was self-fulfilling precognition.

A recent survey in Europe has shown a Europe-wide average approval of Bush's foreign policy of 18 % (local lows in France, Spain, and Germany) with 5% approving a possible war with Iran. Come on, George, that's good news, the approval rate in Germany has recovered recently from the single digit figures two years ago.

Wolfgang