Bush & Iraq: Patheticer and Patheticer

Monday:

The White House insisted that Mr. Bush did not intend to change gears. "Don’t expect us to lift a veil and have a whole different strategy," the spokesman, Tony Snow, said. "We’re not going to have a strategy jumping out of a cake."

Tuesday:

[T]he White House announced that an upcoming progress report will result in "the beginning of a new way" in Iraq. . . . "What Congress will get this week is a snapshot of the beginning of the retooling of the mission in Iraq," Snow said. "Everyone says, 'We want to do it a different way.' We agree. It's just now started."

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