Angry John sure is having a tough time keeping the players straight in Iraq - just yesterday he twisted the Sadr cease-fire into a pretzel, trying to label it as a loss for Sadr. Funny that he didn't have to disarm, and that Maliki asked him to declare it because he (Maliki) was getting his ass kicked!

Check out this clip from Countdown:

Politics sure ain't beanbag in Iraq, eh? If you need to soften up your opponent before the elections, send in troops backed by British tanks and American and British air power! If this is what the primaries are like, I shudder to think what election day will be like...