Marc Lynch offers an enlightening and disheartening article at Foreign Policy Magazine called “Zawahiri can’t believe his luck." In it he points out how good Israel’s attack has been for Al-Qaeda. The piece reminds us of the divisions among radical Islamic politics and shows how the current crisis offers Al-Qaeda a possible opening in Gaza. The piece also takes a swipe at U.S. public diplomacy, which seems to have devolved into an oxymoron under President Bush.

Meanwhile, “Ahmadinejad is having the best week ever."