SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 8:57 A.M. ET:  Suggested by great talk-show host Mike Scully:

"Iraq is a true laboratory of democracy in the Arab world today. It is there that the future of democracy in the region will play itself out. Iraq could potentially become a political model for its neighbors. And, whether one likes it or not, all this has come about thanks to the American intervention of 2003."

- French ambassador to Iraq, Boris Boillon
August 30, 2010   Le Figaro

As Mike says, "Of all people, an ambassador of France can make such an admission, but not Barack Obama."

September 2, 2010