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"It was important for Bush to remind the American public of the cost of failure," said Michael Rubin, an analyst at the American Enterprise Institute and another neoconservative war supporter. "Basically, Bush was letting us see the forest through the trees."

However, he said, "the devil's in the details, and with the stakes so high, we can't ignore the details."

He continued, "The problem here is that the President isn't giving 110%, because 90% of war is half mental. You can lead a liberation force to water, but you can't make them drink it."

[Gary Schmitt, executive director of the Project for a New American Century, said,] "I'm willing to say policy was still correct, but I'm not willing to take the blame for people's inability to carry it out in an effective fashion."

Lemme get this straight... you clowns finally get the government you want in the White House, but it's not your fault that you didn't give them the proper training to do your bidding?