Bush doesn't hear the military or the American people.
"On Iraq, Bush to pull away from generals. They initially advised against troop ‘surge’ to combat insurgency."
It's always been purely political, ever since Powell and Shinseki pointed out that you need a clear mission which is pursued with overwhelming force.
Not the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld pipe dream - "We'll be greeted as liberators."
Ain't nothing like an AWOL reservist making military decisions. Nothing.
Arf