Condi Rice gave George Bush a note today during a NATO meeting that said the Iraq handover had gone as planned, two days early. George Bush wrote at the top of the note:

Freedom will rain rein reign

Jon Stewart called it the world's first "sneak retreat." I find myself wondering if the Iraqis know that Bush has just hung them out to dry. When people die in Iraq from now on, the Bush Administration can say, and you can bet they will say, that it's not their fault, because the country is being run by the Iraqis now.

Caller ID says it's from Iraq, best not answer the phone, George.