12.29.06
Troops and Iraqis being killed daily
The Iraq war is going strong, with troops being killed and Iraqis tortured and murdered. But Bush is dealing with it: he’s coming up with a new plan—basically, to escalate, with the only difficulty trying to find a mission which the escalation is to accomplish. But he definitely feels a sense of urgency:
President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft the plan he’ll announce in the new year.
Wow! He worked for (almost) three hours! And it sounds as though that may have been solid, with no breaks. Here’s a guy who knows how to step up to the plate and feels keenly the deaths his invasion has caused—the deaths that continue daily as he “consults” (ignoring all advice, though, except that which he gives himself) and works (almost) three hours daily to find a solution.
What a putz.
