An American Gethsemane

hings in Iraq have gotten so bad that Arkansas’ distinguished junior United States senator, Mark Pryor, has started voting like a Democrat. His sense of betrayal is probably heightened by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ promise of formal confirmation proceedings for federal prosecutors. Somehow, Pryor expected honesty from a high-ranking government official. The Bush administration is running an everescalating credibility deficit. None of this is good for the fighting men and women inside Iraq or the folks back home who worry, pray and pay for this enormously expensive and disastrous military misadventure.