Also note this bit from the same story on the Iraqi information minister:

Reacting to reports that the U.N. Security Council was to meet Monday, he called on the United Nations to denounce the war "before the United Nations becomes a place for prostitution under the feet of the Americans."

Prostitution? Not a bad idea, actually. At least they'd be serving a vital function.

I've been thinking about all this talk of "winning the hearts and minds" of the Arab world and of international public opinion in general.

Maybe it's not their hearts and minds we should be trying to win.

Maybe we're aiming a bit too high.