Idiot-in-Chief Bush vows to transform Iraq into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, but his administration has been scaling back funding for the main organizations trying to carry out his vision. The administration has limited new money for traditional democracy promotion in budget requests to Congress. Some Iraqi organizations face funding cutoffs this month, while others struggle to stretch resources through the summer. The shortfall threatens projects that teach Iraqis how to create and sustain political parties, think tanks, human rights groups, independent media outlets, trade unions and other elements of democratic society. Where are they spending all that money...diverting it to Iran???