Josh Marshall gives a very succinct summary of the presidents speech on Iraq:
But with respect to the president’s cartoonish babble, like I said, whatever. I know this reads like an expression of cynicism or disengagement. But while the president’s chatter, with its brainlessness and brazenness, drives many to distraction, I think this is the only appropriate response. Anyone watching what’s happening can see that what the president is talking about bears no relation to what’s actually happening in Iraq — a fact well confirmed by the fact that polls show no change in the public’s take on what’s happening in response to the president’s speech. Primitive animals will sometimes keep chattering or twitching their muscles even after their heads have been cut off. And that’s probably the best analogy today to the president’s continuing enunciation of his policies.
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