The Godfather

Remember the line from The Godfather, "It's not personal; it's business?"

Watching Mr. Bush give his press conference today in the Rose Garden made me think that for him it's the opposite.

When he said that we have to finish the job in Iraq it struck me that we have to do that for his legacy. His presidency is going to be judged on the war in Iraq. It doesn't look good. 36 deaths on the day of his visit. Formerly stable sectors, like Basra, are now unstable. I love Jon Stewart's line last night - that had the new Prime Minister known Mr. Bush was coming he would have built an infrastructure. Bottom line is that there isn't an infrastructure.

Because when he later said we would have to continue to make sacrifices I wondered what sacrifices we have been asked to make. Aside from our civil liberties.

The same bunch of solders are fighting this war. Some are on they're fourth deployment. That is not shared sacrifice.

I would like to hear every Democrat say that staying the course is bull shit. It's clearly not working. We either need to throw everything we've got over there or pull out. We cannot win the war in Iraq with 130,000 troops. It's like patching a hole in one of the levees in New Orleans when the water is pouring over the top.

All it really takes is one Democrat to speak out like Jack Murtha did. He changed the conversation. Is anyone else brave enough to do it?