It is not surprising that Bush gave an "exclusive" interview to Al-Arabiya TV (and soon, I am sure, to the New AlJazeera). The extent to which Arab media are servicing US propaganda can't be underestimated. Have you noticed that Al-Arabiya TV now has this method: every few days, they feature a neighborhood in Baghdad, and tell viewers that life there is returning to normal thanks to some US scheme of arming some local neighborhood militia. As evidence of normalcy, they invariably show somebody buying tomatoes. If that does not prove that Bush is making progress, nothing will.