This week the Bush administration appointed their former top UN diplomat, John Negroponte, as the new US ambassador to Iraq. The appointment was detailed on the website of the Coalition Provisional Authority, including a cropped picture of Negroponte speaking before one of the world's greatest anti-war works of art--Pablo Picasso's Guernica. The photo dates from February 5th, 2003, when Negroponte and Secretary of State Colin Powell were dispatched to make the case for war in Iraq, including Powell's now-famous, Iraq-definitely-has-weapons of mass destruction speech. Particularly interesting are reports that the painting was covered before the conference under dubious pretense; the fact that this shot was somehow managed and now appears on the provisional government's website suggests a comic conspiracy of the highest order.
(Of special note: a FOX News microphone in the foreground; Negroponte's sinister countenance. Priceless.)
