A lot has happened since Bush uttered those inopportune words: nearly 3,000 American troups are dead for no good reason; more than $300 billion has been wasted, with several times that amount expected to be wasted in the future; Democrats are in; Rumsfeld is out; Bush’s approval rating has slipped to new lows (e.g., his war in Iraq now has less popular support than did the Viet Nam war at its very lowest point); and the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group has issued a damning report about the mess Bush has created in Iraq. Bush no longer boasts about having “political capital” — mostly, he spends his time begging world leaders to pull him out of the mess he has made while they, no doubt, laugh at him. Even George Bush Sr. must know, at some level, that his own do-nothing presidency will be judged a wild success by comparison to his son’s catastrophe.
Said the president last week (12/07), in what must be the understatement of his presidency: “I do understand that progress is not as rapid as I had hoped.” Gee, do you think?
For me, one observation stands out as a glaring example of how out-of-touch Bush is with his country; indeed, even with reality: while virtually everyone in America is searching for a way to get out of Iraq, Bush is desperately searching for a way to stay. Here’s my solution: if Bush wants to stay in Iraq, then let’s send him there until he brings our troops home. Better yet: send his daughters. Let him feel the anxiety that America’s military families are feeling every day of his disastrous presidency. Yeah, send his daughters into Iraq and then let’s hear him say, “Bring ’em on.”
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