On the way in to work this morning, there was an Iraqi expat in San Diego declaring "God Bless George Bush" on NPR. Rather sickening, but I guess an understandable sentiment. Then there's the quote below...
AD-DAWR, Iraq (Reuters) - "I'm Saddam Hussein," the man with the scruffy beard said in English when U.S. troops found him in a dirt hole. "I'm the president of Iraq and I'm willing to negotiate."
"President Bush sends his regards," they replied.
Let's just not forget who hunted Saddam. Who captured Saddam. And who sends our troops into a war zone without a plan for their safe exit. And cuts their pay. And tells the enemy to 'bring it on.'
Those infantry and special forces, they're the ones who have spent these months tracking him down, putting their lives in danger on countless and fruitless raids. Not Bush. Bush has been sitting in the White House. Campaigning. Vacationing at Crawford. Lying.
So sure, this is a victory for our troops and for America in that we've eliminated some sort of enemy. But it is a victory for Bush purely in the political sense.