Iraq repercussions troubling

The Iraq situation is potentially a ticking political time bomb, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

"Some of President Bush's top advisers," John Walcott writes, "who had hoped the war in Iraq would be the turning point in the battle against terrorism and the centerpiece of the president's re-election campaign, fear it is instead becoming a political, diplomatic and military mess."

We just might have the makings of a major scandal...