Quickhits

After the Saudis chastised Bush for using the term "Islamic Fascists," he has stopped using the term. Gotta know your constituents.

Bush personally pushed for Israel to attack Lebanon and Syria.

As part of Bush's determination to create a "new Middle East" - one that is more amenable to U.S. policies and desires - Bush even urged Israel to attack Syria, but the Olmert government refused to go that far, according to Israeli sources.

One source said some Israeli officials thought Bush's attack-Syria idea was "nuts"...

The Pentagon is preparing to fight the last war in the next war. (Yes we need to change tactics for Iraq, but to change the structure permanently is to repeat this mistake into the next war.)

The US military establishment has quietly undertaken a wholesale reassessment of its war strategy with a goal of identifying the mistakes made in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and remedying them before the next conflict.

This is a great AP article on the ongoing, unresolvable, unwinnable conflict with the Sunnis in Anbar. Perhaps the most telling bit about the situation,

The top U.S. commander in Haditha went so far as to ask local leaders to spread the word that Marines wanted to know which reconstruction projects would be safe from sabotage. But insurgents never responded.

Finally, Bush on a motorcycle being a dork. I'm not going to put the picture up, because I think it's going to be everywhere.

(Later) Craig Murray asks some pretty good questions about just how much of a threat the London terror bombers were.

Al Gonzales says there's a red under every bed.

The Afghan opium crop shatters the 2005 record by 40%.

And Zogby confirms, Bush's approval has not been affected by the terror alerts. (62-38 among Republicans!)