Congratulations, David J. Van Deusen of Chicago!

Once again proving John Stuart Mill correct when he wrote that he "never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid, I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative," David J. Van Deusen of Chicago has won an all-expense paid trip to the Dumbass Corner for this gem!

I am sorry that most Americans elected "cut and run" liberals to control the U.S. House and Senate. I am sorry most Americans believed the lopsided, negative-only stories on Iraq presented by our partisan press. Keep fighting for your country's democracy. Keep fighting to become the beacon of hope of freedom for the Middle East and the other oppressed areas of the world.

David J. Van Deusen
Chicago

That's quite a beacon of hope you've got there, Dave!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)- A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police recruiting center in Baghdad early Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 56, police said. Crowds of recruits were gathering outside the center in western Baghdad’s Nissur Square when the bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body, police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razaq said. He said the death toll was expected to rise because many of the injuries were extremely serious.

Steve Chapman, in the same paper, stated it well:

The real U.S. strategy at this stage is to hold on and hope for a miracle--which is not good enough to justify our continuing sacrifice of lives and money. Withdrawing now, it's true, may plunge Iraq into even worse turmoil, with terrible consequences for its people and potential dangers for us. But noting the risks of failure doesn't tell us whether there is any way to succeed.

There are no miracles happening in this disaster, and Dave...