It should come as no surprise to Dems that bush is beefing up troop levels beyond the originally proposed 21,500 number. He's in for the long haul -- or at least long enough to dump the entire Iraq mess on to someone else upon his exiting office. Bush likely has dreams about the day he'll finally be able to rid himself of this catastrophe.

It follows the recurring pattern in his life: screw up, duck or place blame, and then pass the mess on to others to clean up. Worst president ever.