I watched President Bush's Valentine's Day press conference live on television.
The President was very lame in his defense of the surge. He stated the Iraqi National government has just adopted a $ 41 billion dollar budget for the current fiscal year.
My state, New York, with a population of similar magnitude to Iraq's has just adopted a budget of $110 billion for the current fiscal year.
I cannot understand how the President thinks the Iraqis can repair the damage to their infrastructure, care for the widows and orphans and provide security in the chaos that his war has created on this meager budget.
This lack of analytical power is unfortunately very typical of the President's policy initiatives.
The facts, taken in context, lead to only one conclusion: the American led invasion of Iraq is the result of megalomaniacal hysteria.
Saddam posed no threat justifying the invasion. The invasion's stated objectives of protecting the Iraqis and establishing a democratic Iraq are frustrated by the occupation and the cost and dangers of the continued occupation far exceed the consequences of withdrawal.
In spite of the facts the mission continues.
The mission in Iraq continues because the anti-war movement has not yet demonstrated the strength of will exhibited by the warmongers.
It has been important for the antis to demonstrate forbearance, open-mindedness and concern for factuality.
We have had to bear the burden of proving that the President lied and that the policies espoused by the highest officials in our government are untruthful, self-defeating, futile and brutal.
We have succeeded in convincing half of the American people to change their minds and oppose the President and the War.
It is now time to end the war.
Bush's press conference on Valentines Day demonstrated his utter inability to publicly articulate an understanding of either the tactical or strategic situation in Iraq.
He repeatedly stated that the Quod force is running amok in Iraq, his assertion has been definitively disproven.
Bush pushed the Surge without discussing the opposition to it domestically or from our allies abroad.
