Bush on the Insurgency-2003 Style

In light of Iraq's less than stellar situation I thought this quote is rather indicative of everything that as gone on thus far. In July of 2003 the first signs of an insurgency were starting in Iraq. At the White House Bush told reporters this:

There are some who feel like that if they attack us that we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they're talking about, if that's the case.

Let me finish.

There are some who feel like that, you know, the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring them on. We got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.

Bring it on they have, and it sure as hell doesn't seem like we can handle what they have brought thus far.

But in all seriousness, it is interesting how frequently the President use to speak like this, whether it was about bin Laden being captured "dead or alive," "the axis of evil," or even last year upon winning the election he pronounced that, "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it."

For better or worse we don't hear him make such statements. Obviously that may change soon, seeing as those quotes are also viewed as the high points of the presidency.

All I hope is that Bush thinks things through before making such statements. The "bring them on" quote is ridiculous because it seems that Bush honestly would like to see them bring it on because it would be like a tiny fly taking on the United States. Obviously he should have talked with Kissinger before saying anything like that who once said, "In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win."

-Mr. Alec