Bush Hubris Continues

I suppose it's been obvious to many people for some time that Bush lives in a special bubble. Bush had a press conference today where he claimed that he had not made up his mind to go to war in the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Think Progress has the story.

Think Progress offers some evidence that Bush indeed wanted war with Iraq for some time. But there's so much more to indicate the war was going to happen no matter what Saddam Hussein did. Bush started transferring troops from Afghanistan to positions close to Iraq before finishing the job (Osama bin Laden got away as a result), we had already started bombing in the fall of 2002, we had special forces in Iraq as early as January 2003, if not earlier, and it was simply taken for granted throughout the top levels of the Bush administration throughout the spring of 2002 that we were going to war with Iraq.

Further down, I noticed Think Progress has a related story on Bush and Iraq:

At this morning’s press conference, President Bush said that U.S. troops would remain in Iraq through the end of his presidency. According to Bush, the question of whether U.S. troops will ever leave Iraq will be one for “future presidents.”

It seems to me that Bush has no intention whatsoever of cleaning up his mess. I can think of a number of adjectives to describe Bush's decision to pass the buck on Iraq but I'll leave that to the reader. But I will say this. I respect our Constitution and I respect most government officials but it is becoming increasingly difficult to have respect for Bush or any of his top advisers. They are neglecting the Constitution and their responsibilities to the American people. Congress has an obligation to fix the paralysis and incompetence of the Bush administration.