The President last night presented his first of several speeches outlining his "plan" for Iraq. Totally nothing new, other than his administration's view that it needs the UN. Shoot, those guys and gals will be lining up to help after the dissin' Bush gave them before the war. Oh, and he wants the prison in which we have been abusing Iraqis torn down. And rebuilt with American money of course.

This guy is a stitch.

Summing up the evening best is the New York Times editorial:

"If President Bush had been talking a year ago, after the fall of Baghdad, his speech at the Army War College last night might have sounded like a plan for moving forward. He was able to point to a new United Nations resolution being developed in consultation with American allies, not imposed in defiance of them, and to a timetable for moving Iraq toward elected self-government. He talked in general terms of expanding international involvement and stabilizing Iraq. But Mr. Bush was not starting fresh. He spoke after nearly 14 months of policy failures, none of them acknowledged by the president, which have left Iraq increasingly violent and drained Washington's credibility with the Iraqi people and the international community. They have been waiting for Mr. Bush to make a clean break with those policies. He did not do that last night. The speech reflected the fact that Mr. Bush has been backtracking lately, but he did not come close to charting the new course he needs to take. His "five steps" toward Iraqi independence were merely a recitation of the tasks ahead.">