Bush 41 and Assad, sitting in a tree...

How do you tell if your Administration may not have pursued the best foreign policy?

Well, generally speaking, when backwater Baathist dictators praise you, that's not a good sign. It's understandable, though. On the one hand, Bush 41 encouraged a long suffering people not to throw off their oppressors. On the other, he gave Assad's Baathist bastard of a fellow dictator (may he rot in hell) carte blanche to take out the Shi'ites after encouraging them to revolt. What's a dictator not to love?

In any case, I think Iraq needs Syria's "help" just about as much as it needs Iran's. Speaking of which, Assad, this Johnny's for you...