How many bloody times do we have to review this issue? If the president and his team are unable to comprehend this very simple point, why should Congress give them the opportunity to make Iraq an even bigger mess, with more death and more cost? They don't get it and they won't get it.
White House press secretary Tony Snow said Monday that Bush "understands there is a lot of public anxiety" about the war. On the other hand, he said that Americans "don't want another Sept. 11" type of terrorist attack and that it is wiser to confront terrorists overseas in Iraq and other battlegrounds rather than in the United States.