It's going well for al-Qaeda - they have a new home. It's going well for OBL, as Bush falls farther and farther into his trap.

It's going well for the oil producers - oil hasn't been higher.

It's going especially well for Halliburton - they get paid for non-existent services. And Bechtel - they get paid for shoddy work.

It's not going well for the Americans who have been killed or injured, their families.

It's not going well for the American people who are having to pay for this, who are less safe, who have fewer civil rights, who are beginning to be despised by much of the world.

Not for fighting "terrorism" - people understand that. But for killing for oil, for the heavy-handed excessive force against civilians in the quest for oil.

Yes, Saddam was a bad guy, but his biggest sin seems to have been standing in the way of Bush and his oil cronies.

So, it's a mixed bag, isn't it eb? Going well, and not so well.

Arf