Dick Cheney emerged from his undisclosed location yesterday to deliver this pronouncement:

“In the early days of the war, the plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios,” Cheney said, drawing laughter. “But with every day and every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.”

The major criticism, you will recall, was that the plan did not include enough military personnel to secure areas once they had been “liberated.” Clearly this is no longer a problem, apart from the riots, looting, and assassinations that we are seeing in the wake of Coalition™ forces, who say they have neither the troops nor the inclination to stop the mayhem.

I cannot imagine what we critics were thinking. Boy, do we have egg on our faces.