Congratulations, Mr. President

In the aftermath of Hollywood's self-congratulatory event known as the Oscars, perhaps we should reflect on what other Oscar-like performances are worthy of accolate. First that comes to mind is our executive branch, led by George W. Bush, for suckering the United States and the world into a war against invisible weapons of mass destruction, and morphing such a war into a struggle for "freedom" and "democracy." Well, now we see the fruits of such a war fought under false pretenses. Iraq stands at the brink of civil war, breaking apart into 3 separate countries divided by religious and ethnic boundaries. Now that Iraqis are free to exercise Shiite and Sunni versions of Islam, did anyone think peace would break out??
Congratulations, George W Bush, for a break-out performace. It is only after 6 years in office that the United States is waking up to your acting job and seeing things through reality based eyes. Even as the blood of our soldiers continues to spill in vain on Iraqi streets, there are holdouts who want the complete the "mission" there. Perhaps it's not so hard after all to pull the wool over America's eyes.