Bush Speaks, We Cringe

So it seems that this morning, His Preznitcy is going to give a speech announcing that he’ll be "pausing" the post-surge drawdown, since evidently the surge itself was just Teh Awesome!!!!

Of course, this just means more tours for more troops, more extensions and more stop-losses, more American soldiers forced to spend more time in what has become the world’s most flaming hellhole, thanks to Bush. I really don’t think Americans are prepared to deal with the long-term consequences of these kinds of endless extensions of combat tours, but suffice to say that there are reasons some of us call Iraq the Timothy McVeigh Finishing School.

And of course, we’re being told this by a man who couldn’t even find the wherewithal to complete his minor military obligations in the 1970s in the Texas Air National Guard.

Note that Bush’s speech probably isn’t going to be very long. Apparently he’s flying off to Crawford immediately following. Must be a big brush outbreak in Texas this year.

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