Day Late/Dollar Short

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Yesterday President Bush had a victory strategy released to the public and spoke about it.

I would like to do a detailed breakdown of both as soon as possible, but for now I'll says this: Now you have a victory plan? Whatever happened to pre-war planning? The fact this document (and the connecting speech) came out when it did tell me a few things:

1. Murtha's press conference had more of an impact than the White House wants to admit.
2. Despite rumors to the contrary, Bush does care about the polls (or at least his trusted advisors do).
3. This document was released early enough to get Bush's Iraq War supporters enough time to make their rounds on TV, on the radio and online and praise him for "being detailed."

Other than that, what else is there to say at this point? Well:

1. President Bush obviously wants the American people to forget that he had wanted to invade Iraq a long time ago.

2. His comparing the War on Terrorism to WWII is not valid and his "strategy" is still muddled. In other words:

To put this in perspective: From December 1941 to August 1945, the U.S. government mobilized an entire nation; manufactured a mighty arsenal; played a huge role in defeating the armies, air forces, and navies of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan; and emerged from battle poised to shape the destiny of half the globe. By comparison, from September 2001 to December 2005, the U.S. government has advanced to the point of describing a path to victory in a country the size of California.


I think the document was little more than a collage of Bush's greatest speeches regarding the War in Iraq. In other words, it provided nothing that hasn't been suggested or hinted or leaked before. The speech was nothing more than verbal CliffsNotes.

A day late and a dollar short.

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