FREDO CAN'T STOP LYING

His speech at the Naval War College (6/28/07) repeated the same lies he's been telling for years:

Now we're in a new and unprecedented war against violent Islamic extremists. ... The major battleground in this war is Iraq.

He couples lies like this with ignorance of the situation on the ground:

We are hoping to replicate the success we have had in Anbar in other parts of
Iraq -- especially in areas in and around Baghdad.

No rational person is hoping that because the sociology of Anbar differs from the other Arab areas of Iraq, especially "in and around Baghdad." As we recently learned from NPR:

MARTIN:...U.S. officials talk about trying to replicate what's happened in Anbar throughout Iraq. But Allen is quick to point out that the relative stability here has less to do with U.S. operations and more to do with the nature of this province.

Brig. Gen. ALLEN: When your population base is 90 to 98 percent Sunni, and is largely out of one tribal confederation, there is an advantage to that social dynamic, which probably isn't exportable, if you want the term, or can be replicated elsewhere.

Bush goes on to drastically lower the bar for what constitutes success in Iraq:

Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing into the evening news. No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street. In places like Israel, terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in similar attacks. The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy that is not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq: the rise of a government that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens, and function as a democracy even amid violence.

So, we can expect decades of terrorist violence in Iraq? And won't the terrorists be able to attack in other countries besides Iraq? This is a success???

Bush goes on to repeat the Apocalyptic prediction of the neo-cons:

And so if we withdraw before the Iraqi government can defend itself, we would yield the future of Iraq to terrorists like al Qaeda -- and we would give a reen light to extremists all throughout a troubled region.

The consequences for America and the Middle East would be disastrous. In Iraq, sectarian violence would multiply on a horrific scale. Fighting could engulf the entire region in chaos. We would soon face a Middle East dominated by Islamic extremists who would pursue nuclear weapons, who would use their control of oil for economic blackmail, and who would be in a position to launch new attacks on the United States of America.