What's wrong with this picture?

Good lord.

The 9/11 Commission is getting better and more complete cooperation from the Government of Pakistan, than from the Bush administration.

And lest the Justice Log simply become Counterspin West, here's another gem from our Dear Leader courtesy of Talking Points Memo and the Washington Post:

"The more progress we make on the ground, the more free the Iraqis become, the more electricity is available, the more jobs are available, the more kids that are going to school, the more desperate these killers become, because they can't stand the thought of a free society."

Free? Exactly how is an occupation-appointed council that answers to the US military related to freedom? As for electricity, jobs, and schools, I seem to recall Iraqis having all those things under Saddam Hussein. None of those aspects of society are related to freedom; on the contrary, dictators are said to "make the trains run on time." And as it isn't in any Iraqi's best interest to bomb the Red Cross, trying to pin this one on the so-called "dead-enders" is pathetic at best.

The irony is staggering, of course. The enemy that actually attacked us on September 11th is the most likely culprit, and yet mention of Al-Qaeda is rare. This really isn't all that surprising. If foreign terrorists are responsible, then these attacks are actually part of the "jihadi Woodstock" rather than desperate last-ditch insurgency.

The Post's pithy response to Bush's spin?

Experts in public opinion said it would be difficult for Bush to convince Americans that the violence was a byproduct of success.

As TPM put it, "Fresh from the Department of Sublime Understatement." Heh.

(/) Roland X
Well, we knew Bush was fuzzy on the whole "freedom" thing...