The Green Zone, supposedly the only area of Baghdad under military control, is degrading by the day after being pummeled by mortar shells so frequently that flak jackets have become required dress code.  Meanwhile, the Air Force has been quietly surging its use of air strikes by five-fold and is planning to increase the use of armed drones, though such strikes have thus far succeeded only in destroying homes and killing civilians, while al-Qaeda in Iraq quietly slips away in the night.  True to form, Bush is now shifting blame to his former-messiah, General David Petraeus, for deteriorating conditions (heckuva job Petri).  And overshadowing the entire debacle is a vacation-bound al-Maliki who yesterday told reporters that the U.S. military is no longer needed and can leave anytime they wish. 

Iraq may indelibly stain Bush’s tenure, but hell – at least ‘dem durty queers can’t kiss each other.