Missing explosives - the buck stops with Bush

Doubtless you have heard of the sheer idiocy of allowing 380 tons of high-grade explosive to go missing. The GOP spin meisters are telling us that it can't be laid at the President's doorstep. I watched Peggy Noonan say that war is hell and bad things happen on Lou Dobbs. It's just another bump in the road to the spread of freedom, right?

Let's just consider the logistical problem of moving that much explosive. In one scenario, the bad guys back up a truck or ten and load it on and drive off into the night. In another scenario, the thieves would need to make about 1,500 installments of 500 lb. to get rid of it all. Either way, it is an astounding heist. It really illustrates how simple the Bush strategy was in Iraq and how little control we really have over the events that will occur there. It's simply put, a disgrace.

Juan Cole has the best analysis I read.