Iraqi heat felt in Texas (On vacation, Bush has some explaining to do

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05233/556986.stm

President Bush is in the perfect place to keep drawing lines in the dirt. His barren Texas ranch.

For all the criticism of his decision to take a nearly five-week vacation during a nasty war, he at least has something in common with the long-suffering U.S. troops in Iraq. Heat.

The lawmakers who have deserted Washington in this abnormally humid and miserable August also are feeling the heat. About Iraq.

Republicans and Democrats alike will return to work next month deeply troubled about what they heard back home. Americans are out of patience with Bush's inability to explain what his strategy is for the mess in Iraq.

Yes, we've been told many times that this president doesn't govern by the polls. (One might wonder when "steadfast" becomes "stubborn.") But Americans at last are asking why so little that the president predicted about Iraq has proven true.

[FightingIrish]

1. And this chilling thought:

"Forces have been unleashed in Iraq by the Bush administration that might never again be contained in our lifetime."