Watching that news conference today was painful. He's so petulant.
Bush clearly does not have a plan for Iraq. He never did. He's just looking for the best political advantage he can find from his quagmire. Bush got us in to this mess based on lies -- and he has not a clue as to how to get the U.S. out of the mess. Instead, Bush and his team are making it worse.
If we are losing our soul or straining our psyche, it's because of George W. Bush. And he has absolutely no sense of that:
President Bush said Monday the United States would lose "our soul as a nation" if it gave up on the Iraq war now, warning it would be a "disaster" if U.S. troops left before the new Iraqi government can control the country.
"We're not leaving so long as I'm president," an animated Bush said in a wide-ranging White House press conference. "That would be a huge mistake." He conceded, though that the war was "straining the psyche of our country."
