Gone missin'

"Hmmm," muses the insurgent. "Wherever will I get the material to kill some more people today? Oh yeah, at the weapons cache. The Americans would never think of that!"

WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday played down a report in which U.N. weapons inspectors documented additional materials missing from weapons sites in Iraq.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the Bush administration had taken steps to ensure sites were secured, and he suggested it was doubtful the looted material was being used to boost other countries' weapons programs.

Sure, Scottie. You're probably right. Why export when there's already such a big market at home?

Why, oh why (as DeLong would say), are we ruled by these fools?