Washington Post, "Just Another Vacation From Realit"y

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If he has an approval rating above 10% @ the end of his little "get away"
it will be a miracle.

3 weeks? We are in a war he started and he is getting this time off?

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ttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080901903.html

Just Another Vacation From Reality
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, August 10, 2007; Page A13

You might have thought that now isn't the most opportune time for the elected leaders of both the United States and
Iraq to pack up and head to the beach, ranch or villa for a nice long vacation. Silly you.

You probably reasoned that with 162,000 U.S. troops sweltering in the war zone, with the Iraqi government fracturing
along sectarian lines and with what is billed as a make-or-break report from the U.S. commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus,
due next month, maybe tradition ought to be ignored and the summer heat withstood just this once. You doubtless
pointed out that no matter how uncomfortable triple-digit temperatures might be for the grandees of Washington and
Baghdad, soldiers burdened with body armor and combat boots -- and the constant threat of getting shot or blown up
-- have it a bit worse.

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Bush laid out his Iraq policy yesterday in plain language, with none of his recent gibberish about al-Qaeda in Pakistan
being the same as al-Qaeda in Iraq, only different, but really the same, kind of. This time we heard the classic neocon
analysis -- the same grand vision that got us into this mess. If Bush hasn't changed his mind by now, he ain't gonna.