My old sunglasses finally broke in half. I didn't do anything rash to them. I was just folding them together and they snapped. So I got some new ones. Wow. The world looks funny without scratches.

Jay Bookman has another article today in the AJC that reflects my sentiments.

"Any claim that President Bush is committed to victory in Iraq is contradicted by the facts. He is instead committing us to slow defeat, a defeat timed to come after he leaves office, on another president's watch so another president takes blame. . . All we're doing is keeping the lid on the kettle until the election (in 2008) . . . In congress, such statements would be dismissed as coming from "Defeatocrats" who lack the courage to keep fighting. But is it hardly an act of courage to insist that other people keep fighting and dying in some far-off place.

To the contrary, keeping people on the firing lines just so you don't have to face the consequences of your many mistakes--that's the very opposite of courage.

Read the whole article here.