I guess that Preznit Puddin'head didn't get any smarter in the last two months did he? (Rhetorical question). He's still making those noises that sound like words that make the faithful believe that he actually gives a shit about the "Generals" opinions. As if.
One reporter asked Mr. Bush today whether the insistence on the importance of September - a date the administration fixed in part to gain breathing space in the war debate - would have the same disadvantage as the timelines for withdrawal that Democrats had sought and Republicans had derided: giving America's enemies in Iraq a target date, or a schedule, to use their violence for maximum effect.
Mr. Bush acknowledged, a bit awkwardly, that this might be so.
"It's going to make - it could make August a tough month," he said. "What they're going to try to do is kill as many innocent people as they can, to try to influence the debate here."
But the September date was General Petraeus's idea, he said, and it was proper to defer to commanders on such matters. (my emphasis)
Because you know, not a single part of this is anything HE bears responsibility for, right?
I'm guessing that any failures (or notable lack of progress) by the mythical September deadline will be blamed on (1)The Democrats (2) the "War Czar" (3) General Petraeus and/or (4) al-Maliki. Mix and match the order at your pleasure, because none of the blame will land with the idiot bastard son of a bitch in Oval Office.
