Quote of the Day

"An opportunity?" Haass said with an incredulous tone. "Lord, spare me. I don't laugh a lot. That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. If this is an opportunity, what's Iraq? A once-in-a-lifetime chance?"

Richard N. Haass, President Bush's first-term State Department policy planning director exploding Bush's claim that the fighting in Lebanon and Iraq represents "a moment of opportunity for broader change in the region."