Yesterday, Best of the Web noted this report of an atrocity in Tal Afar, which then veered off into an attack on George W. Bush, implying that the incident somehow disproved Bush's citing that city as an example of progress in the war.

This is one of my pet peeves about the MSM. They seem to think that every bit of bad news should be laid at the feet of the administration, as if they expect the President to hold everybody's hand. According to them he's responsible for all the evil in the world because he has failed to stop it.

I always thought the best reason for removing Bill Clinton from office was his demonstrated lack of responsibility. He didn't take his office seriously. Now we have a president who does, and he's being pilloried by the press. If America survives this confrontation with terrorism, the past 15 years will go down in history as an era of unseriousness. It reminds me of the combination of bungling leadership and retreat from honor of the 1960s and 1970s. I guess it should, because most of the media and Democrats think of that era as their glory days.