Bush pitches war - America's not buying

The LAT has a strong editorial today noting the disconnect between the White House rhetoric and the reality on the ground in Iraq. The money graf.

But vague statements are not enough. As more Americans and Iraqis die, Washington and Baghdad need a plan to stem the chaos the U.S. unleashed with its invasion — a chaos that has given terrorists a new recruiting tool. Wishful thinking and stubborn optimism do not constitute a policy. The sooner realism prevails, complete with metrics for progress and consequences for those who fail to meet them, the better.

Really. He's still out there like some bizarre Willy Loman, trying to sell a war we're already in, instead of spending his time figuring out how to get us out of it. No wonder his numbers are tanking.