Columnist: "It's beyond Bush to resolve Iraq"

This British columnist seems to understand the American scene:

SAY what you like about George Bush, but no one can accuse him of following the crowd. When everyone from the American electorate to the US military brass, along with a rare consensus of world opinion, cries out with one voice to say "enough" of the war in Iraq, Bush heads in the opposite direction — and decides to escalate.

Its pretty laughable:

When his army chiefs complain of desperate overstretch in the war on terror, he [Bush] takes that as his cue to open up another front. And that's just this week.

How many Americans even know that we are fighting in Somalia, again:

If you didn't know that Somalia was on the enemies' list — if you're finding it hard, what with Syria and Iran and North Korea, to keep track of Washington's foes, don't blame yourself. These days the axis of evil is expanding faster than the European Union, with a couple of new members added every January.

Somalia is another example of President obsessed with getting involved in counter-productive wars and making things worse:

But Sunday's operation carried serious risks. There is the propaganda coup — with the jihadist enemy represented by the US, once again, bombing a Muslim country. If the Americans have bungled, and civilians have been killed, then the recruiting impact for al-Qaeda and others will be even greater.

Good analogy:

So now we know what the much-vaunted new Bush strategy for Iraq amounts to: throw more petrol on the fire.

And here is the 'd-word' again:

It's conceivable that Bush is, in fact, planning an eventual withdrawal, but hoping that one last push will give him something he can call victory as a finale. Psychologists spot similar behaviour in compulsive gamblers who, when in trouble, increase their bets, hoping for a win that will allow them to leave the table with dignity. They have a word for such thinking: delusional.