we've heard many analogies of iraq to other wars, most recently juan cole's apt comparison to napoleon's egyptian campaign. today i heard a news story that's not about war at all, but i think it fits.

some bank robbers' escape, according to the newscaster, "didn't go as planned": they turned the wrong way into a one-way street, got blocked by oncoming traffic, and were easily caught by police.

now, i don't know why the guy thought that wasn't how they planned it or that they even had a plan, but just think of bush and the general of the month robbing a bank and jumping into their car, whereupon the driver, rumsfeld, promptly makes a wrong-way turn into the aforementioned one-way street.

doesn't it remind you of iraq?

if that doesn't do it for you, picture bush in the back seat listening to a cell phone call from cheney and shouting "stay the course! stay the course!"