Why is that everytime Dubya creates a mess, Daddy Bush calls on Former Secretary of State James Baker III to come in and clean it up?
Before today, the most recent debacle was the 2000 election scandal in Florida. Now it's Iraq:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longtime Bush family friend James Baker plans to give President George W. Bush recommendations that may provide a way out of Iraq, but whether he will take up the offer is far from certain.
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Baker, who has a long history of trying to help the Bush family out of tight spots, has signaled that he believes a change in course is necessary.
Notice the part about it not being certain that Dubya wil listen. Seem not even Daddy Bush can control this spoiled little child.
But at least they aren't trying to use this as an October Surprise...
The plan will not be unveiled until weeks after the November 7 congressional elections, in which Bush's Republicans risk losing control of Congress largely because of deep popular concern over Iraq.
Even Baker realizes that Iraq is a mess that can't be fixed. Thankfully, Dubya seems willing to at least listen to what Baker has to say:
But Baker warned against expecting a "magic bullet."
"It is very, very difficult," he told the World Affairs Council of Houston on Tuesday. "So anybody who thinks that somehow we're going to come up with something that is going to totally solve the problem is engaging in wishful thinking."
Bush has been reluctant to make a major change in course in Iraq, seeing the conflict as a central front in the war on terrorism and insisting that to withdraw prematurely would embolden America's enemies.
He expressed interest in seeing the recommendations at a news conference a week ago, when he also said it was important to remain flexible.
Let's hope that Dumbya listens to "Uncle Jimmy".