Get me one of those fruity drinks with an umbrella...oh, yeah, and a bowl of water for my poodles...

Bush and Blair to meet in the Azores to plan out Operation Inigo Montoya.

“In an effort to pursue every last bit of diplomacy, the president will depart Sunday morning for the Azores to meet Prime Minister Blair and with Prime Minister Aznar to discuss prospects for resolving the situation peacefully with diplomacy in final pursuit of a United Nations resolution,” White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

Why do they keep saying that? They aren't negotiating with Iraq to avoid war, they're negotiating (working out bribes in aid or trade credits) with wavering UN Security Council countries for their war vote, in an effort to give the inevitable invasion a patina of legitimacy that is thinner than Bush's foreign policy resume.

When it comes to Iraq, President Cartman has never negotiated with Iraq. It's just been a constant refrain of "Mommmmmm...I wanna go to warrrrrrrr!".

White House homunculus, Ari Fleischer, should just cut to the chase. He's not fooling anyone.