A slap in the face for Belgium

Our Chief Decider's highhanded "recess appointment" of Sam Fox, a Missouri fat cat unqualified to be our new U.S. Ambassador to Belgium — one of those, in fact, who bankrolled the Swift Boat smears, lies and slander campaign against John Kerry in 2004 — is not only a pointed riposte at the Democratic majority in Congress, but an unusually clear signal to Belgium (and by extension, Europe at large) that George gives diddly squat for anything beyond his own banal focus... justice, truth, logic, whatever. Brussels should bark this Fox back baro non grata.‡

‡That's Latin for "Dunce with the one who sent you," Sam.