This nation is so angry about Iraq that we sometimes forget what would be obvious if it was a four-alarm blaze in a nearby city. Some fires do have to burn, but leaving the scene isn’t an option. – David Ignatius

The “firehouse strategy” analogy would be great if it wasn’t for the fact that George Bush and Dick Chaney made the US Military into the arsonists…

Source: David Ignatius – A Fire We Can’t Run From – washingtonpost.com