[I don’t have a lot of time today, babe. As I said, babe, I’m in LA, babe, taking meetings. But still (babe)…]

President Bush today announced a new multilateral initiative to stop the proliferation of WMDs. There’s a classic children’s fable in here, isn’t there?

France’s response was swift. “Sure,” it said, “Zat eez egzactlee what you zed last time-uh.” “No, no,” insisted the President, “this time I really mean it…”

Germany was just as unsure. “Mein gott - AGAIN, Herr Bush? Nein, ve don’t fall for zat now.”

Etc…

Bush’s initiative is necessary, and it’s going to be harder than it oughta be. That noise you hear are the Chicken(hawk)s of Iraq, and they’ve come home to roost.