BUSH JUST CAN’T WIN: The old rap was that Iraq was a “distraction” from the war on Al Qaeda. But now the problem seems to be that the war on Al Qaeda is going too well, leading Nick Gillespie to ask:

Mohammed’s detention raises an interesting possibility regarding Iraq: If the US effectively destroys Al Qaeda before any shooting on Baghdad begins, what effect will that have on the question of war with Iraq?

There’s just no pleasing some people. . . .