Put down that hookah.

> Notice we have suddenly
> stopped hearing all of those
> stories coming out of the
> WH about how the Iranians
> were sabatoging our efforts
> to achieve victory in Iraq;

The Tillman story is newer news, along with the bill and the veto and subsequent negotiations with the Democrats.

Plus, Bush is starting to yield to the Democrats and the critics (or to James Baker and that crowd). Now the word is that Rice is permitted to talk with an Iranian counterpart.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=rice+iran

We all know (or should all know) that Iran has been meddling in Iraq and controls al-Sadr and wants to control southern Iraq once we have left Iraq.

Both the Secretaries of Defence and State have told the Iraqi Government that the American peoples’ patience is not unlimited. Maliki could care less, as the President has made clear that there will be no withdrawal of American troops under his watch.

Now we read that Maliki is actively working against his cabinet colleagues, undermining their decisions and replacing Iraqi generals our commanders in the field trust with Generals loyal to the most extreme Shia elements in the parliament.

And our soldiers should die for this?

To anyone with an ounce of sense it is obvious that the President is no longer acting in the best interests of the country or the troops.

Great comment. And one that is symbolic of the administration’s many attempts to put a falsely positive face on this war.

Is Bush really the lone stalwart warrior fighting bravely with most of Congress, the American people and the rest of the world against him?Is he right and the rest of the world wrong? Or is it that he can’t bear to lose a war, as was true of LBJ, Nixon and Ford?

Notice we have suddenly stopped hearing all of those stories coming out of the WH about how the Iranians were sabatoging our efforts to achieve victory in Iraq; either he was trying to build a case for attacking Iran or wanted to blame them for the fact that we are not winning there. Now, I guess there’s no need since he can put all of the blame for a pending loss on the Democrats or turf it to the next president.

Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga

I don’t suppose Reid and Pelosi used a pen from Mary Tillman?

Bush signed the veto with a pen given to him by Robert Derga, the father of Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Dustin Derga, who was killed in Iraq on May 8, 2005. The elder Derga spoke with Bush two weeks ago at a meeting the president had with military families at the White House.

Derga asked Bush to promise to use the pen in his veto. On Tuesday, Derga contacted the White House to remind Bush to use the pen, and so he did.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/BREAKING/70501030&start=1