The press finally catches on to important inherent qualities of the slippery slope-y, goal-post shifting-y, fakey report-y, dissembling-y Bush Iraq policy.
The Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy, according to senior administration officials closely involved in the matter. As they prepare an interim report due next week, officials are marshaling alternative evidence of progress to persuade Congress to continue supporting the war.
Now including just plain stupid-y.
"There are things going on that we never could have foreseen," said one official, who noted that the original benchmarks set by Bush six months ago -- and endorsed by the Maliki government -- are not only unachievable in the short term but also irrelevant to changing the conditions in Iraq.
And hope? You want hope? Even a faint glimmer?
"The heart of darkness is the president," the person said. "Nobody knows what he thinks, even the people who work for him."
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