I hereby propose a rule to be known as Bush's First Law: there is no geopolitical situation, no matter how bad already, that this nitwit and his fluffers cannot make indescribably worse. From Juan Cole today:

Before W. got into the White House and ruined the world, 56% of Turks had a favorable view of the United States and the country was a firm NATO ally. Last I knew, the favorability rating had fallen to 12%, largely because Turks are afraid Bush's misadventure in Iraq will blow back on them. Now they think the US is a greater threat to them than the major terrorist organization that has menaced them for the past 30 years! It would be like the English public saying the US is a greater threat than the Irish Republican Army, or the French public saying the US is a greater threat than the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armé).

This was Dr. Cole's comment on the news story he had just cited, from a report by that radical IslamoCommie media outlet...um, Voice of America (oops.) Read more…