The rotten tiles broke with a noise ofdisaster and the man barely had time to let out a cryofterroras he cracked his skulland was killed outright on the cement floor.
Unpleasant as this is to admit for those of us who have supported President Bush for years, it is high time to acknowledge that his policies toward Pakistan have been an unmitigated failure and have contributed in a major way to the unfolding disaster there, while seriously imperiling our hard-won successes in Afghanistan and the larger war on terror beyond.