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Apparently, it can get worse...
With the mission in Iraq still not quite accomplished enough for his liking, President Bush used his veto power yesterday to shoot down the War Funding bill, which would legislate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region beginning this summer.
Delivered to the president on the fourth anniversary of his lovingly choreographed victory dance aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the Democrats' message was a painfully clear one, and one which seems to have been lost on our Chief.
"Setting a deadline for withdrawal," he said in the ensuing press conference, "would demoralize the Iraqi people, would encourage killers across the broader Middle East and send a signal that America will not keep its commitments." As unlikely as the notion of demoralized Iraqis, terrorists multiplying across the Middle East, and an international view of America as a blundering bully may sound, George W. Bush is clearly not one to take chances. He has an image to protect, after all.
"Setting a deadline for withdrawal," he concluded, "is setting a date for failure." Now there's a scary thought. If the four years following "mission accomplished" have been the product of a successful campaign, I'd hate to think what a failed Iraq war might look like.