1 Those without political blinkers will recall that the left excoriated and depreciated the intelligence community's credibility when the NIE indicated that Saddam had WMD. In a fit of political apoplexy they fully endorsed every word of this NIE report, until President Bush released the parts that belied their arguments. It's axiomatic that the left is weak on defense but the legitimate criticisms of Iraq notwithstanding, they have yet to formally articulate a credible alternative policy. Their political posturing will come at a real cost. Bring on November.

2 Going with the "we're actually paying people to come up with this?" theme, we did pay RAND to do a study that found a nuclear bomb going off in Long Beach Harbor would be devistating.....well DUH!

3 We paid RAND? How much? Betca I come come up witha 100+ page report with the same conculsion for less!

4 We paid RAND? How much? Betcha I come come up witha 100+ page report with the same conculsion for less!