Dim Bulb


I think it's finally dawned on the dim-bulb-in-chief that the flowers, the candy, and the kisses might not be forthcoming:

President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, participants in the meeting said Tuesday...

“I sensed a frustration with the lack of progress on the bigger picture of Iraq generally — that we continue to lose a lot of lives, it continues to sap our budget,” said one person who attended the meeting. “The president wants the people in Iraq to get more on board to bring success.”

More generally, the participants said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended.

To quote Donald Rumsfeld--my goodness.

They really ARE clueless...as clueless as a confirmed wife-beater who doesn't understand why his victim doesn't appreciate the "hard work of administering discipline."

And it would be laughable, except that, just as in the case of spousal abuse, there's nothing funny at all about the ongoing, totally senseless tragedy.