Ruh-Roh!

Several times in the last year the Chimperor Disgustus has said:

President Bush insisted he would not withdraw U.S. forces "without having achieved victory." (November 2005)

President Bush reached out last night to the critics of his war policies, insisting that the insurgents have a "tightening noose" around their necks and that U.S. forces in Iraq "are on the road to victory." (December 2005)

The president's remarks came on a day when Vice President Dick Cheney took a surprise trip to Baghdad to declare that "we've turned the corner" in the war.

*waah waah waah*

White House Spokesman Scott McClellan says the speeches are meant to update Americans about the president's strategy for victory in Iraq, the lessons he has learned, and how he is fixing what has gone wrong.(March 2006)

Well cue the wacky music because one of the nation's biggest right-wing rags has this story:

A commission formed to assess the Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials.

Currently, the 10-member commission — headed by a secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, James Baker — is considering two option papers, "Stability First" and "Redeploy and Contain," both of which rule out any prospect of making Iraq a stable democracy in the near term...

As some solace we can look at the track record above, when we judge Nostradumbass's newest prediction:

Bush predicts victory at polls next month