Maureen Dowd compares Bush with Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf AKA Comical Ali - you know, the Iraqi Information Minster who amused us all by claiming there were no American military in Baghdad, even as American soliders practically waved to their mothers in the background.

The comparison's a good one: as things get worse and worse in Iraq, our President claims the ever-growing number of attacks and deaths are a result of our increasing success over there.