Hey, Quadaffi is backon the officvail White House Christmas card list, LH... lol... And if Castro hangs on a couple more years, he may get on the list, too...

But seriously, you are correct... It *is* the "same old tired, stupid routine we've seen ever since I can remember"...

As fir Ahmedinejad... Given his recent proclamations, hey, he sounds like a "tin-horned _____________ " (whatever) to me...

Yo, sawz... For the ump-teenth time, the aspect of "THE SURGE" (oh, how scarey) that worked was putting Sunnis on the American taxpayer's payroll... Not the Sarah Palin-ish simplistic view of more troops which had nothing to do with the Sunnis quitting shooting at US...

B~