It's Bush's war now

Bush insists on no timelines, no pressure, and all the money in the world for the war in Iraq. He's fine with the Iraqis fumblings but I suppose that makes sense in that he probably compares them to his fumblings and sees a fellow traveler. Bush is fine with being blind to the setbacks at every turn and with the fact that the enemy looks exactly like the friend. He's fine to let others do what he (and Cheney and all the Bushie brain trust) avoided in every way they could. Bush is happy to act as if each new budget request his war is a surprise...an emergency. He refuses to include war funding in the normal budget. His lack of planning constitutes an emergency on the part of others. That's leadership for you.

But this is now 100% Bush's war. He has exactly what he wants and he's had exactly what he wanted all along. When we declare victory and pull out the far right will absolutely find ways to blame everyone and anyone but the Bushies. I'm posting this now to let them know that anyone with any sense of history and half a brain can see the future now.

Iraq had zero to do with al Qaeda. Any honest person knows that. Bush's actions made Iraq open to al Qaeda, which is, again, exactly what he wanted. He wanted to meet the terrorists there. He got his wish and now he's using the presence of al Qaeda to prolong his war into an endless future.

This is the worst administration in history. I thought we'd scraped bottom with Nixon. I had no sense of history then.