So the families of the nearly 3,000 lost soldiers and rest of the American and Iraqi people need to understand that:

President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft the plan he’ll announce in the new year.

Burdened by low approval ratings on his handling of the war, the president is under mounting pressure to come up with a new blueprint for U.S. involvement in Iraq where the execution of Saddam Hussein — perhaps as early as this weekend — could incite further violence.

“We’ve got more consultation to do until I talk to the country about the plan,” Bush said, appearing outside an office building at his ranch.

(emphasis mine)

Well everyone should be happy with Bush. He put in 3 hours yesterday to try and figure out this mess he got us into – this mess that has cost us almost 3,000 American soldiers and nearly 1/2 a trillion dollars (not to even mention the costs to the Iraqi people). I guess we should just give him all the time he needs. Hell – take all of 2007 and 2008 if you want Mr. President. God forbid that this country gets 3 hours of your time.

Will someone please tell me what other job in the world you can cost your employers that much money and screw up so bad, then expect gratitude for working a whole 3 hours after the fuck-up has gone on for almost 4 years? Seriously – they don’t even try to fake it anymore. He waited for the Iraqi study group to come out and then decided that he didn’t like that plan and wanted something else. Why didn’t he start way before that? Oh yeah – Bush doesn’t believe in planning (see Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, etc., etc., etc.)

The people spoke last month and said they were fed up with the course this country was going. Bush is echoing the same work ethics as the 109th session of Congress (the 2 day work week). He is still showing that he will not change – so it is up to our newly elected Congress to make him change.