No New ContritionFroomkin nails it: "Reading and watching the coverage of President Bush's joint news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair last night, you could be forgiven for concluding that Bush had suddenly started acknowledging the error of his ways. But you would be wrong. But he wasn't really conceding much. In the former case, he was expressing regret about style, not substance; and in the latter case, the only harm he acknowledged was to America's reputation -- while taking no responsibility for any role he might have had in creating the conditions in which such atrocities could take place. But for those who remember that Bush has said all this before, there is no reason to see this as a sign that the president is suddenly becoming in any way more reality-based in his views of Iraq -- past, present or future...read on" (h/t Mark) | 
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