Odds and Ends

Here's some miscellaneous news of note as I get myself psyched to see 'Spiderman 3'...

Tonight, Republican presidential candidates will debate/tiptoe around President Bush.

Secretary Rice met with her Syrian and Iranian counterparts at an international conference in Egypt on the situation in Iraq. Some inadvertent diplomacy may have occurred.

In other Iraq war news, President Bush reminds Congress that he's "the commander guy".

In other foreign policy news, "A House Armed Services subcommittee voted yesterday to establish a year-long, bipartisan commission to reevaluate the U.S. nuclear strategic posture for the post-9/11 world." What a waste of money! The answer... nukes for us and some allies = a-okay; nukes for our enemies = wrong. An entirely consistent strategic position.

Israelis are super pissed at Prime Minister Olmert and call for his resignation.

Finally, Sudan and Chad kinda, sorta agree to token gestures to resolving the Darfur crisis.