Yesterday's NY Times ran an article titled, "Bush-Watchers Wonder How He Copes With Stress." Ms. Stolberg apparently wants to find some sign that the Iraq war he started and has mis-managed is getting to him:
Can the president really believe, as he said on Wednesday, that “victory in Iraq is achievable,” when a bipartisan commission led by his own father’s secretary of state calls the situation there “grave and deteriorating?” Is he truly content to ignore public opinion and let “the long march of history,” as he calls it, pass judgment on him after he is gone? Does he lie awake at night, as President Lyndon B. Johnson did during the Vietnam War, fretting over his decisions?But, unfortunately, the President seems completely oblivious to the carnage he's created. He takes pride in the fact that the war's not bothering him:
Mr. Bush addressed the sleep issue in a recent interview with People magazine, saying, “I’m sleeping a lot better than people would assume.”Of course, he sleeps well. George Bush thinks he's right. Remember, he talked to God about this one. Bush told us that himself. He's on a mission from God so he can't be wrong.
What's amazing to thinking people is that despite the elections, despite the strong opposition from Americans, despite the concerns of the Joint Chiefs, Bush is going to escalate, not end, the war in Iraq. That says everything. Reporters and pundits can keep looking for that introspection from Bush, but they will never found it.
