Kanan Makiya explains the problems in Iraq (and the problems according to him, of course, is that US occupation troops were not greeted with "sweets and flowers" as he had promised and hoped): "“There were failures at the level of leadership, and they’re overwhelmingly Iraqi failures,” he said." But then there is good news: "Mr. Makiya’s former Brandeis student, had arrived, stomping through the snow with a bottle of wine from Israel." So all is well now. (thanks Nir)