Today's Headlines: 50 Iraqi Soldiers Dead

This convinces me that the Bush-led war in Iraq will not be as effective as a Kerry-led war. All that I have observed up to this point indicates that the Bushian premise of this war will doom it to failure unless we change leadership. Bush-Cheney believed that something like a militaristic swat team could swoop into Iraq and stake claim to the nation. They totally misunderstand the mentality of insurgency. They've shown no signs of understanding it yet. They are not capable of solving the mess they started.

It is widely reported that President Bush's seclusion in the White House has left him without much confrontation of his policies. This has, consequently, rendered him ineffectual in understanding the reality of the enemies we have (and the enemies that he has by choice manufactured for us.)