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Bush:

We'll complete the mission in Iraq...I can't tell you exactly when it's going to be done, but I do know that it's important for us to support the Iraqi people, who have shown incredible courage in their desire to live in a free society. And if we ever give up the desire to help people who live in freedom, we will have lost our soul as a nation, as far as I'm concerned.

Don't laugh: It's talk like this that keeps his approval ratings above 35%.

But wait there's more:

While acknowledging that raging sectarian violence and mounting U.S. casualties in Iraq are "straining the psyche of our country," Bush said that withdrawing U.S. troops before the nation is stabilized would be disastrous.

Straining our psyche? That's psychobabble. The American people are strong than that.

Simply put: the majority of Americans now realize that our work in Iraq is done. Our soldiers have done all that they could be asked to do:

• Disarm Saddam? Check.
• Topple him from power? Check.
• Killed al-Zarqawi? Check.
• Set up democracy? Check.

It's time to bring em home.

But nooooo:

[T]he president...was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd.

I don't know what's worse: that Bush didn't see this coming, or his actual reaction to it -- puzzlement.

Puzzlement!

Think about that for a moment and tell me that doesn't speak volumes about how weak this man really is.

(HT to Bill in Portland Maine)