185. A Man, A Plan, Panama. Not this president. No man, no plan, Iraq.

If it wasn't so serious . . .

The Leader of the Free World went on TV last night to tell us that out of the 168,000 or so American troops in Iraq, he thinks he would like 6000 of them home to celebrate Christmas (which might assume he will only pick Christians to come home since it won't matter to the others), which would be nice. That's 3.57%. Then, just in time for next fall's campaign season, he'd like to bring home another 30,000 or so. Thanks again. He also basically promised political (hand-picked leaders), economic (that means more $$$), and military help (is that in addition to the 130,000 he plans to leave there next July?) far beyond his term as president, which thankfully will end on January 20, 2009. This is the second time he has mentioned in a nationally-televised speech that he indeed believes there will come an end to the lunacy of his administration. For that much we can be thankful. Redemption draweth nigh.

According to the Department of Defense, 3775 American troops have lost their lives during the President's War in Iraq.