As the debate over an exit strategy from Iraq continues to dominate the headlines, President Bush has reaffirmed his rejection of a times table, as too hopelessly confusing. 

 

As he struggled to adjust his watch to new time zones during his trip to the Middle East, Bush said that the American people have very bad childhood memories about times tables, and would not want to repeat that experience with Iraq.

Bush added that “stay the course” is a lot easier to understand than such complicated problems as “Shia¬†X Sunni = Civil War.”¬† He also indicated that he still doesn’t get the equation of “Stupidity X Arrogance = Quagmire Squared.”

Meanwhile, the Baker Commission, enlisted¬†by “Bush 41”¬† to tutor “Bush 43”¬†¬†on some basic math, has tried to simplify things for Dubya, explaining that multiplication is really nothing more than addition.

However, “43” still couldn’t grasp the concept that “NeoCons + Vacuous Frat Boy =¬†Apocalypse Now.”

In related news, Senator Joe Biden, the in-coming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has also rejected times tables in favor of “long division,” claiming that “Iraq divided by Sunnis divided by Shia divided by Kurds, is¬†the only equation that really adds up.”

Finally, a bi-partisan commission appointed to look into Constitutional crimes committed by Bush and Cheney over the last 6 years, has concluded that the only way to save our country is by impeaching these two absolute zeros, which would be¬†the ultimate example of “addition by subtraction.”

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BuzzFlash review of United States v. George W. Bush, which sets out the legal case against the Administration.  

Lisa Casey’s Lame Duck.

Progressive Daily Beacon:The Generals Join in to Support Bush’s Iraq Lies.¬†

Pulling out: lessons from Vietnam, via Skippy.