Rice ends trip on what positive note

This Glenn Kessler quote really pisses me off.

The governments may be satisfied, but with the European publics primed to believe the worst about the Bush administration, the debate is not yet settled. Rice faced a difficult rhetorical challenge on her trip -- and it may be some time before it is certain that her message resonated beyond elite circles.

Primed to believe the worst? When are these people going to get it? It already is the worst. Iraq is in a civil war and the US occupation has become the flypaper for terrorist recruiting. Not to mention the escalating terrorist bombings in the European and Middle Eastern countries.

The propaganda ain't selling in Peoria anymore, much less the European nations, who outside of the aforementioned attacks, get some actual news coverage not mediated by the White House. There is no bloody positive note, except among the elites who are profiting from the spoils of warmongering.