Talk about being out of touch, on the day 9 US troops are killed in addition to 93 Iraqis who were killed, Bush manages to spout off about how well things are going in Iraq. After talking up the "encouraging signs" which only Bush can see, he then goes on the attack against those grounded in reality.
"Other members of Congress seem to believe that we can have it all: that we can find al-Qaida, pursue national reconciliation, initiate aggressive diplomacy and deter Iran's ambition in Iraq — all the while withdrawing from Baghdad and reducing our force levels," the president said.Remind me again who had the brilliant idea to invade Iraq instead of targeting al-Qaida? Who tried to short cut a war because the likes of Chalabi convinced Cheney and Bush to run into war? The real world is somewhat different than the Bush world, so the rest of us will just have to figure out what is encouraging about over 100 people being killed.
"That sounds good in theory, but doing so at this moment would undermine everything our troops have worked for. There are no shortcuts in Iraq."
