Ruled by Children

If we needed more evidence, the President is a moron:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, participants in the meeting said Tuesday.

Those who attended a Monday lunch at the Pentagon that included the president’s war cabinet and several outside experts said Mr. Bush carefully avoided expressing a clear personal view of the new prime minister of Iraq, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki....

More generally, the participants said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended.

Wow. Who'd imagine that shia in Iraq would have any kind of solidarity with shia in Lebanon. A mystery for the ages...

And if it needed to be said, Atrios is still right: As long as Bush is president, the US is staying in Iraq. If Bush wants to stick to his guns, then we might be in for a showdown between Congress and the President when the US public realizes that withdrawal is the only sane option.

Sounds fun!