His words betray Bush's lack of effective intelligence and ability to learn anything.
"Still call for retreat"?
The words are picked to ring with false historical connotations and manipulate people's emotions, as in "never call retreat."
But these associations do not apply at all here.
Iraq was a total blunder, a waste of life and treasure, as well as being a criminal act, against international law and custom.
And no thinking person wants to live in a world where one man decides who will be invaded.
The applicable words here are: "When you've made a stupid bloody mistake, the best thing is to stop."
