Hi,

I'm probably not the only person who was grossly disappointed by the President's State of the Union address. But at this point, I shouldn't be surprised. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Bush still believes that victory in Iraq is possible. I don't understand why the press has adopted the White House's term "surge" when the correct word for Bush's proposal is "escalation." Although the President is chiefly to blame for the mess we're in, I have no doubt that if the press were doing a better job, we'd be a hell of lot better off.

Best,

D