Baghdad Bush

Remember "Baghdad Bob," the laughable "Minister of Propaganda" in Saddam's Iraq who famously declared that coalition forces had been repulsed even as US tanks rolled past in the background? Well, the triumviri--Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld--are Baghdad Bob's worthy successors, pushing lies that are proven such even as they speak:

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth

A new Pentagon report on Iraq, labelled "grim" by the New York Times and "notably gloomy" by the Associated Press undermines the current Bush p.r. campaign and all of his upbeat messaging on Iraq:

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Of course, they issue this report on a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend. Because the report is so at odds with Bush's speechifying it is generating a lot of attention anyway. Harry Reid already weighed in on this new document:

The Pentagon’s new report today indicates that President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Secretary Rumsfeld’s speeches are increasingly disconnected from the facts on the ground in Iraq. Even the Pentagon acknowledges Iraq is tipping into civil war. Failed Republican policies have left America bogged down in Iraq, with our military stretched thin and less able to fight and win the war on terror.

And Rahm Emanuel had the perfect response which I heard on CNN:

Can someone at the Pentagon please make sure that Secretary Rumsfeld has this for his weekend reading? Instead of continuing his political barnstorm across the country, he should get to work at the Pentagon devising a real strategy for success in Iraq.

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