I haven’t made up my mind yet about more troops…Hypothetical questions – I’m not going to answer those today…. I will tell you, we are looking at all options, and one of those options is… more troops.
[George W. Bush, December 20, 2006]

Do you remember? Wasn’t it just last month that we were deliriously and deliciously enjoying the results of the election…and its aftermath? On the national scene, we were able to elect both a Democratically-controlled House and Senate. And in Oregon, both houses went solidly Democratic as well. Bush-buddy Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is, of course, gone, replaced by an individual, Robert Gates, who so far has projected every appearance, especially during his Senate hearing, of being able to distinguish reality from fantasy.

So, tell me: why are we still getting rhetoric from W that sounds as if he’s going to ignore both the will of the people and the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, to only, perhaps, send in more troops? What freakin’ planet is this guy from? And, he’s going to increase the size of the military? This is his plan?

During yesterday’s press conference, Bush indicated, as straight-faced as one is able to muster in such circumstances, that “I am willing to follow a path that leads to victory… Victory in Iraq is achievable.”

Oh. My. God.