Bush has no doubts about his decisions as President

[ECH1969]

THE BODY COUNT continues to mount in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military situation continues to deteriorate. On the home front, Democrats appear resurgent, and Republicans are bracing themselves for losses in November.

If I were George W. Bush, I would have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. But if he is plagued by despair or doubt, he gave no sign of it in an Oval Office meeting last week with seven conservative columnists. Leaning forward in an armchair, clad in a pearl-gray suit with a blue shirt, crimson tie and an ornate silver belt buckle from Texas, Bush began by declaring: "I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions."

He expressed faith that "over time, the inevitable truth will win" -- the truth being that "freedom is universal." He professed no alarm about bad news from Iraq, saying that recent trends (such as a spike in killings) were just a "nanosecond" in historical terms. "I think the politics of Iraq are going to just take awhile to settle out."

He just refuses to be swayed from his grand strategy because of tactical setbacks. "If you don't have a set of principles to fall back on, you flounder and ... it creates waves, and the waves rock the decision-making process."

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=29caef95-f26a-4674-85c9-2c18460b2912&headline=Max+Boot%3a+No+room+for+doubt+in+Bush%27s+Oval+Office

[Erika]

1. W, the world is not buying your corporate globalism

at the cost of American troops and our economy.

[Rosemary2205]

2. W. has no doubts because he has no soul. nt