Oh, and About Bush's Speech

Let me, Good Reader, direct your attention to Doug Thompson's analysis over at Capitol Hill Blue. I am sure you will find it insightful and inspiring. Here, then, is a quote to whet your appetite:

The speech, offered to a carefully-selected audience of Naval Academy midshipmen at Annapolis, gave us nothing new and offered one more glimpse of Bush’s inability to grasp reality.

Either Bush is purposely lying when he claims progress in training Iraqis to handle their own security or he is just too damn dumb to realize how bad things are in the country he invaded two-and-a-half years ago.