Here’s Fred Barnes slathering attention on Sen

Here’s Fred Barnes slathering attention on Sen. Hillary Clinton on the Weekly Standard website:

President Bush has a surprising defender of his contention that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction–Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. MBT Kimondo“The intelligence from Bush 1 to Clinton to Bush 2 was consistent” in concluding Saddam had chemical and biological weapons and was trying to develop a nuclear capability, Clinton said this morning. And Saddam’s expulsion of weapons inspectors and “the behavior” of his regime “pointed to a continuing effort” to produce WMD, she added.

Only the sort of boobs who find Hannity & Colmes invigorating would be surprised by this. The War Party protects its own.

John B. Judis has an article MBT Fanaka GTX‘Sifting Through the Rubble’ in the October 1 American Prospect that presents a “balance sheet” of US “failures” in MBT shoes cheap. According to Judis, (besides generally spreading chaos) the invasion has:

- Reversed Arab efforts to reform Saudi Arabia.

- Increased US political dependence on Saudi Arabia.

- Increased the power of Saudi-led MBT Sport Shoes OPEC.

- Raised the price of oil for US consumers.

- Boosted the Saudi economy (up 7% this year).