"Stay the course" by any other name

So Bush made his "informed" decision last night after "listening" to wide range of experts on the course of action for Iraq, which turned out to be his favorite phrase "stay the course," but not put in those terms. Things to note:

He seems to hinge on a belief that he can trust Maliki. Only one liar can be duped by another liar. In this case it is because of his wishful thinking. He seems not to have paid attention to the way Saddam was hung--pure vendetta that was a result of deeply ingrained sectorian strife, which is not going to be turned overnight by merely wishing. But cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing. It is hard to open your mind to reality when your fuzzy brain has been eaten away by "faith."

Easy to say one is a decider! A decision is only as good as one's ability to absorb and analyse the real situation. A person who has never had any exposure to the history of the world or the nature of international relations will never be able to analyze this kind of situation since he is already limited in his ability to comprehed, especially for someone who find it hard to admit that he has made any mistakes.

Bush proudly professed that he showed a "C" student can also be a president. That is true. But what is more true is that he will also make decision that are "C" or less. The policy after 9/11 clearly proves this point. In Yale he may have received a "mercy C" but in his Iraq policy, it would be hard to consider even a "F. "

Lastly, this kind of stubborness and "self righteousness" can only come from someone as self proclaimed to be "born again." Faith trumps everything else if one believes that one is ordained by God for a purpose.