Wild charges

Eight more marines dead as a result of our commander-in chief's"wild charges."

Speaking of which, the White House sure got Brooksie his talking points in a hurry.

Remember when John Kerry told Matt Bai of The Times Magazine that he wanted to reduce the terrorists to a nuisance? Kerry vowed to mitigate the problem of terrorism until it became another regrettable and tolerable fact of life, like gambling, organized crime and prostitution.

That was the interview in which he said Sept. 11 "didn't change me much at all." He said it confirmed in him a sense of urgency, "of doing the things we thought we needed to be doing."

Well, the Osama bin Laden we saw last night was not a problem that needs to be mitigated. He was not the leader of a movement that can be reduced to a nuisance.

What we saw last night was revolting. I suspect that more than anything else, he reminded everyone of the moral indignation we all felt on and after Sept. 11.

Yeah, it did, but mostly it reminded me that the Bush administration has utterly failed in getting bin Laden and has been wildly successful in recruiting more adherents to bin Laden's cause.

Oh, and it reminds me of what a hack Brooks is, and how transperent are his attempts to take Kerry's comments completely out of context.