Thursday, January 11, 2007

Iraq Coverage Spotlight

Slate, as usual, has a pretty good bit of analysis on last night's speech and the proposed actions. I can't say it's an uplifting read, but worth passing one's eyes over, if you have 10 minutes for reading.

www.slate.com

Articles of note: "How Bush Bets the Farm on Maliki," "How the Dems could Stop the War Expansion," "and Why they Won't,"

Interesting news sidelight: Gates Says Timetable for Surge Unclear. Cause, you know... that's cool.

The President says

"Blah blah blah blah blah."

It's funny, going into last night I read a couple articles that touted W's love of surprising people, of delivering speeches where he defied expectations. Then, I sat down on the sofa and watched last night's declaration... and I have to say... it was pretty unsurprising, that's for sure.

I guess it's hard to claim disappointment when you go into an event with zero expectations, but somehow disappointed is what I feel.

Man, what a mess we've made over there. It's really, incredibly worrisome how thoroughly Bush & Co. have mucked this all up.