Reax To Bush's Speech

Instapundit has links galore, and also this interesting take:

[O]ne big thing struck me: In this national televised speech, Bush went out of his way to take responsibility for the war. He repeatedly talked about "my decision to invade Iraq," even though, of course, it was also Congress's decision. He made very clear that, ultimately, this was his war, and the decisions were his.

Why did he do that? Because he thinks we're winning, and he wants credit.

That's very encouraging. If, as Instapundit says, Bush is "doubling down," he must know something. Maybe something like this:

Sunni religious leader Sheik Abed al-Latif Hemaiym told The Times in an interview in Amman that Sunnis were prepared to work with the United States.

"We now believe we must get on good terms with the Americans," Hemaiym said. "As Arab Sunnis, we believe that within this hot area of Iraq, facing challenges from neighboring nations who want to swallow us, especially the Iranians, we feel we have no alternative."

Failure is an orphan and victory has a thousand fathers... but perhaps this time, they'll be a few less fathers who can prove their patromony for the coming victory in Iraq.

Video here.

posted by Ace at 02:02 PM

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