Speaking of our two quagmires...

Reuters AlertNet - Interactive map





You know what that is in between Quagmire 1 and Quagmire 2, right? Iran, of course -- soon to be known as Quagmire 3, if we stay on the current collision path. Which means that our quagmires will soon be contiguous, creating all kinds of opportunities for efficiencies of the kinds Harvard Business School alum George W. Bush would have learned all about had he been capable of absorbing new information post-grade school.

If I were king, and I had troops in the two orange places, I think I would try to make nice with the pale green place between them. 'Nuff said.