Well what do you know...we get to use those Saudi bases after all. More on the Arab reaction to the situation here.

A lot of homegrown opponents are also sneaking over to Bush's side of the line. Daschle may look around in a few days and find out there ain't anybody left on his side.

This partially fulfills a prediction I made that "if we beat Iraq, the Middle East oil producers are going to be lining up to kiss our Army boots." The prevailing leftist wisdom, of course, was that the Arab world would rise as one to throw us off.

Does anyone remember all the exact same predictions of doom made before the Gulf War that were also absolutely wrong?

My other prediction, that Iraq will "roll over and die like a sprayed bug" when we attack, still stands. Let's wait and see.