Bush: I'm still The Deciderer!

This is a short story from The Washington Post:

President Bush today rebuffed congressional opponents who want to stop his plan to increase U.S. troop strength in Iraq, declaring that "I'm the decision-maker" on the war effort and challenging skeptics to produce their own plan for success.

Bush also vowed forceful action to prevent Iranian operatives in Iraq from harming U.S. troops, but he denied that he wants to expand military action beyond Iraq's borders, and he said his administration would continue working to resolve issues with Iran diplomatically.

Bush made the comments in a brief question-and-answer session with reporters following a White House meeting with top defense officials. Among them was newly promoted Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who was confirmed unanimously by the Senate this morning as the next commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.

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Asked why he was going ahead with his plan without congressional support, Bush said, "One of the things I've found in Congress is that most people recognize that failure would be a disaster for the United States. And, in that I'm the decision-maker, I had to come up with a way forward that precluded disaster."

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Bush said he recognizes that "there is skepticism and pessimism" in Congress, but he added that "some are condemning the plan before it's even had a chance to work." He said critics "have an obligation and a serious responsibility, therefore, to put out their own plan as to what would work."

Got to love King George The Deciderer--I'm the decision-maker, I had to come up with a way forward that precluded disaster. [Some] some are condemning the plan before it's even had a chance to work....[Therefore, the critics should] put out their own plan as to what would work. Your Failed Majesty, there is a another plan out there besides your escalation plan. It is called the Iraq Study Group. If you want another plan, how about Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now. That little book is written by William R. Polk and George McGovern. Democratic Congressman John Murtha has his own plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. So, your Failed Majesty--there are alternative plans out there for consideration. The problem is that these plans want to pull U.S. troops out of the meat grinder that's Iraq, not to send them in. But you're The Deciderer. And you have decided to do whatever you damn well please--screw the Congress, screw the American people.....

Screw the country.