Preznit Dumbya will be spending the day practicin' his address to the nation on the "Petraeus" report on Iraq tonight. We won't be watching, because we know what he's going to say, and have known for at least 6 months. His speech is not aimed at us or the 65% of Americans that think he's bungled things in the "GWOT." It's aimed at shoring up his mouth-breathing base, the willfully ignorant or purposefully cynical 30% that continue to support Dumbya's war policy. The concern is that enough support has eroded that there may be a critical mass forming on Capitol Hill, with Democrats and a small but hopefully growing number of Rethugs willing to split with Dumbya to save their political hides, to effect some incremental change in the Assministration's war policy. Dumbya's task is to continue to draw false connections between the 9/11 terrorists and what's going on in Iraq today, while downplaying the civil war and lack of political progress. He'll also talk about "successes" in Anbar province (just a minute...oh, what... the main sheik supporting the U.S. in Anbar was just assassinated? move along, nothing to see here). Oh yes, and he'll bring the troops home... uh, maybe 30,000 by July 2008 (bringing the overall strength to what it was before the "surge").
There, that's the speech in 60 seconds. Now you don't have to watch it either.
