“In Iraq, no doubt about it, it’s tough. It’s hard work. It’s incredibly hard. It’s – and it’s hard work. I understand how hard it is. I get the casualty reports every day. I see on the TV screens how hard it is. But it’s necessary work. We’re making progress. It is hard work. You know my hardest, the hardest part of the job is to know that I committed the troops in harm’s way and then do the best I can to provide comfort for the loves ones who lost a son or a daughter or husband and wife.”
Mr. President, with all due respect, the hardest part of the job is making sure you’re doing it right. If all you’re doing is reading casualty reports and watching on TV, you’re not doing it right. You’re the commander-in-chief. Command.
And while I’m on it, why this constant use of the phrase “television screens” or “TV screens”? Who talks like that? Bush’s speeches and Illawi’s (which was written by Team Bush, white house and re-elect) have been littered with it for the last couple of weeks.