Like Hitler and Brezhnev, Bush is in denial

Robert Fisk

More than half a million deaths, an army trapped in the largest military debacle since Vietnam, a Middle East policy already buried in the sands of Mesopotamia - and still George W Bush is in denial. How does he do it? How does he persuade himself - as he apparently did in Amman yesterday - that the United States will stay in Iraq "until the job is complete"?

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George Bush: The Voices In His Head

ddjango

...Far from being the first time, the question arises about our President - what is wrong with this guy? Since the election, Doubleduh has been all over the place, saying everything from "we need a new direction in Iraq" (which is exactly what the Baker-Hamilton bunch are about) and "the people have spoken" to "screw you, I'm not leaving Iraq, no matter what anyone says".

There has been, during the past few years, occasional (but insufficient) speculation about Bush's mental state. I say "insufficient" because I think it goes without saying that a president's mental stability and healthy cognitive functioning is an important consideration for a man who has the ultimate decision-making power in areas such as a nuclear attack, an invasion of another country, or declaring domestic martial law and incarceration of thousands of Americans...

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