{"id":170,"date":"2006-08-16T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-16T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/16\/bush-betrayed-by-iraqi-ingrates\/"},"modified":"2006-08-16T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-16T13:02:00","slug":"bush-betrayed-by-iraqi-ingrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/16\/bush-betrayed-by-iraqi-ingrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush: Betrayed by Iraqi Ingrates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s New York Times<\/a><\/strong> reveals that George W. Bush is deeply disappointed that the Iraqi people have \u201cnot shown greater support for the American mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

One person who attended a meeting of Bush\u2019s \u201cwar cabinet\u201d on Monday commented on Bush\u2019s reaction: \u201cI sensed a frustration with the lack of progress on the bigger picture of Iraq generally \u2014 that we continue to lose a lot of lives, it continues to sap our budget. The president wants the people in Iraq to get more on board to bring success.\u201d<\/p>\n

I recall those halcyon days of early 2001, when neoconservative whiz kid David Brooks gurgled about how wonderful it would be to have a president who had a Masters of Business Administration – and from Harvard, no less.\u00a0 Bush\u2019s reaction to Iraq is vintage MBA: If only these people would get \u201con board\u201d…<\/p>\n

One professor who attended (and who is getting money from the U.S. State Department) said that Bush expressed the view that \u201cthe Shia-led government needs to clearly and publicly express the same appreciation for United States efforts and sacrifices as they do in private.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps Bush believes that America\u2019s problems in Iraq would be solved if there more Iraqi government officials were assassinated.<\/p>\n

Bush was apparently especially upset that a recent rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad drew 10,000 people.\u00a0 One person at the meeting commented that Bush \u201cwas frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe Bush was confounded that Iraqis are too stupid to recognize that America\u2019s ally, Israel, was using U.S. bombs to kill Lebanese civilians solely in the cause of Bush\u2019s \u201cforward strategy of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

In unrelated news elsewhere in today\u2019s NY Times<\/a><\/strong>, the civilian death toll in Iraq in July\u00a0 set a record and experts fear that \u201cthe country is already embroiled in a civil war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s New York Times reveals that George W. 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