We just can't get this guy out fast enough. His wonderful "peace" trip to the Middle East also included this little nugget to Israel's PM Ehud Olmert:
In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administration's recent National Intelligence Estimate. That NIE, made public Dec. 3, embarrassed the administration by concluding that Tehran had halted its weapons program in 2003, which seemed to undermine years of bellicose rhetoric from Bush and other senior officials about Iran's nuclear ambitions. But in private conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week, the president all but disowned the document, said a senior administration official who accompanied Bush on his six-nation trip to the Mideast. "He told the Israelis that he can't control what the intelligence community says, but that [the NIE's] conclusions don't reflect his own views" about Iran's nuclear-weapons program, said the official, who would discuss intelligence matters only on the condition of anonymity.
Help. Help. This crazy son of a bitch needs to go before he takes us into another unprovoked war. Don't think for a second that the release of the NIE reports has slowed his charge down toward a war with Iran. He's also making the rounds to our Arab allies to have them line up with him and Israel to attack Iran.
Again, don't think he wouldn't invade Iran if he has the opportunity. And he's looking for any opportunity and fabricationhe can find to do it.
Is it any small wonder why the rest of the world is showing so much enthusiasm for Bush's regime to end?:
But much of the enthusiasm comes from anticipation of President Bush’s departure, according to several analysts. U.S. prestige and popularity in much of the world have sunk to historic lows since Bush took office, over such issues as the Iraq war and climate change. Many analysts said the election has created high expectations that the new president will be more in tune with the rest of the world.
"In many capitals people have been waiting for this change for some time," said Rosa Balfour, a senior analyst at the European Policy Center, a Brussels-based research group.
(h/t to Think Progress)