Too Cynical to Contemplate?

[SoDesuKa]

Is it possible that Bush escalated the war in Iraq so the 1,000th fatality would happen just before September 11th? Is that too cynical a thought?

[klook]

1. Hard to see how 1,000 American dead in Iraq helps Bush (n/t)

[daddybear]

3. Bush's comments

would be as always --- they were needed and we appreciate their sacrifice...behold ME as their miscalculator in chief.
Then... "thank ya, parents and loved ones... now, may I get your vote?"

[daddybear]

2. Not too cynical at all

but highly unlikely... he is not that smart...well, er... he is not SMART, period.

[Chef]

4. Cynical

Please. That presupposes some level of competence at being able to control anything in Iraq that has been absent up to now.