Or,
maybe not:
But in several trips to Iraq in the last year, [Rep. John Murtha] said that he became convinced that the military was not making progress at defeating the insurgency. Yet, he said, the Bush administration ignored his efforts to open private discussions on devising a bipartisan course change.
A letter on Iraq that Mr. Murtha said he sent to Mr. Bush last year did not get a reply until five months later, and then from a underling at the Pentagon, he complained.
"I deserve more respect than that," he said.
Mr. Murtha said he began discussing his growing unease with the military presence in Iraq with longtime advisers, including two retired generals and a former secretary of the Army, whom he would not identify. They urged him not to call publicly for a withdrawal, he said, but as his doubts about the war grew, "they finally came around."
Of course, they ignore all advice - good, bad, or ugly. They promote the failures and try to disappear the mistakes.
They only listen to cash contributors or those that could help politically, though many of those people will be under indictment or conviction soon. It won't be soon enough for me.
Constructive crticism was dismissed. Dissent was met with smears. Pleas for discussion ignored.
What goes around comes around. It's Bush's war, wrapped around his neck. He's staying the course, which will doom his presidency - and injure our democracy.
How long will it take for the nation to recover?
