Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Optimism? Hardly!

Incredibly Optimistic
“I understand how some Americans have had their confidence shaken,” President Bush said yesterday in Cleveland. “Others look at the violence they see each night on their television screens, and they wonder how I can remain so optimistic about the prospects of success in Iraq. They wonder what I see that they don’t.”

Uh, NO. What people are wondering is how Bush can be so amazingly stupid. Clearly, if he were in actual possession of information that might exonerate him for his role in this whole unfortunate mess, he’d be publicizing it BIG time. That the best he can do is to keep repeating, “It’s going well in Iraq! Really it is! Really!” in the face of undeniable evidence that it is NOT going well at all — well, that’s not what most of us would call “optimism”. If I had to call it anything, I suppose “delusional” might come close. I think Bush’s continued denial of what is obvious to rest of us is worse than just ‘delusional’, though. I think it’s evidence of an unwillingness — perhaps even an inability — to admit that he was WRONG to invade Iraq. He’s set our country on this course, and come hell or high water, he means to see it through. It doesn’t matter that it was a mistake. It doesn’t matter that we’re creating more problems for the Iraqis and for ourselves because of our presence there. NONE of that matters. Bush is all about saving face. His OWN face.

What a fool. What a frightening, dangerous fool that man is.

Do take the time to read Dan Froomkin’s excellent column in the Washington Post. The link is up above.