Primer

If you're the U.S. Army, and you're trying NOT to spark a civil war in Iraq today, one of the things you should NOT do is arrest the leader of the Sunni political party, breaking down his door, bashing in his windows, threatening his family, then calling it all a "harmless mistake."

But no worries, says Dick Cheney, the troubles there are winding down.

In other Dick news, our VP is very offended by Amnesty International's claim that the United States is responsible for serious human rights violations in Gitmo, Abu, and other prisons across Afghanistan and Iraq.

You can't make this stuff up, folks. It's too good.