Mission Re-Accomplished

Jesus. As reader probably know I do a weekly column for the Prospect website that comes out Tueday mornings. I was writing it this morning, and the theme was how Bush never admits to having made any mistakes. But I never really thought he would stoop to this: "When asked by Fox News if he still would have put on a flight suit to declare major combat operations in Iraq over, Bush replied, 'Absolutely.'" My friends on the right should also note that later in the article we learn that Bush is still defending the Falluja back-and-forth, a more substantial matter, though slightly less absurd than the defense of "Mission Accomplished." Truly the man is immune to self-doubt, introspection, and minor concepts like letting his thinking be influenced by reality or learning from experience. And things will only get worse if his mismanagement is ratified by the electorate.

UPDATE: It dawns on me that someone really badly needs to ask Bush if he has any regrets about challenging the insurgents to "bring it on" and kill hundreds of additional US troops and significantly more Iraqi civilians. Talk about emboldening America's enemies. I'm sure the relatives of our dead soldiers really appreciate the president's armchair machismo.