In other news, the sky is blue

The Iraq Survey Group has ended its quest to locate weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with a revelation sure to stun anyone just waking up from a two-year coma: There aren't any. But hey, it's not like the Iraq war was about WMDs in the first place, right? Oh, you say it was? Because I could have sworn it was about fighting al-Qaeda terrorists. Or maybe stabilizing the Middle East. Or perhaps bringing democracy to the Iraqi people. Take your pick.

Saddam Hussein is in jail and out of power, and that's undeniably a good thing. Unfortunately, brave Americans are still paying the price of his deposal every day, and things don't look to be getting a lot safer in Iraq any time soon.