Reality bites

By Creature

When you try to create your own reality, reality has a way of intervening...

It has been the Americans' hope that Iraq would become President Bush's staunchest ally among Arab nations.

How has that neo-con hope worked out? Well, not so good.

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President Bush's position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East.

Oh well. Maybe next time.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)