A Quick Study
Reporters are hereby alerted that a report on the report is here. The report on the report of the study will now be studied. Welcome to the doorway of the anteroom of the foyer of the room where the people who have decided on some decisions will now pass them along to The Decider who is still in charge of those who have been charged to advise him with advice he will promptly decide to look over while people look over his shoulder and once they are not looking, he will promptly disgard them.
The troops will pull back but not so far that Bush will feel pushed. Bush will push on and will never pull our troops off the battlefield even as he wishes he could pull news of the troops on the battlefield, pull them off the front pages of the newspapers. Bush needs this shooting war even if it only proves he has shot himself in the ass. A Global War on Terror Everything TM without bullets and blood and bombs going off must be tied to Iraq or Bush would be tied to a terror without much bang.
Um? “Whatever other cliches are currently available for the situation?“ Sob, sob:“the wisdom of the Baker group is revealed in an officially unofficial way.”
Don’t tell Murtha:”It’s basically a redeployment.“
Did somebody say base intentions?
Study Note Number One from Mike Allen (R-TIME magazine): “Bush’s aides have begun to chafe at the idea that Baker is needed as some sort of savior for Iraq.”
