I guess this is the kind of thing that happens when a president’s been seriously weakened and desperately needs to accomplish something that can be represented as a “victory.” He negotiates a deal with the devil, and sells it as peace in our time.

There’s a dark irony here . . . Hillary Clinton chides President Bush to solve the Iraq problem by the time he leaves office, that his successor won’t be burdened with it. That’s an impossible goal, and whoever follows Mr. Bush will have to deal with Iraq. Yet Mr. Bush’s failure to “solve Iraq” before he leaves office won’t endanger the world nearly as much as these “successful” negotiations with the NoKors will.

Or so I believe.

Brian