Shock and Awe

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A clever quip from the New York Times:

The administration has “gone from shock and awe to an American public shocked at how awful the situation in Iraq is, Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement sent by e-mail to reporters. “Rather than heed the warnings in the N.I.E., President Bush politicized this discussion, and the Republican Congress has stood on the sidelines.