Bob's Bandwagon

I hate to jump on the humorous bandwagon that is claiming that Bushco is starting to sound like Iraq's former Minister of Information (who was dubbed Baghdad Bob due to his resolute denial that the US had invaded Baghdad while the fall of the city was imminent) but, hearing Bush (or one of his croanies) stand before crowds and recite this lie over and over and over again, is almost comedy. He sounds, eerily, like that loyal and wrong character who only served to make coverage of the invasion a source of entertainment and comic relief.

"President Bush, defending his decision to invade Iraq, urged a vast assembly of world leaders Tuesday to stand united with the country's struggling government and said the proper response to spreading violence 'is not to retreat, it is to prevail.'

The country's prime minister, Ayad Allawi, offered an upbeat assessment after Bush's speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, saying, 'We are winning, we are making progress in Iraq, we are defeating terrorists,' even as insurgents claimed they had killed a second American hostage in two days."