In a cynical political ploy to quiet the restive peasantry, Mr Bu$h is planning to address the nation on Thursday to announce that, in the wake of GEN Petraeus’s faithful adherence to the script he was given by the WH propaganda shop, our Great Warrior Leader has decided to “cut” the troops in Iraq by somewhere round 30,000.

Relax, America. This is George Bu$h, so naturally , it’s all flummery, wrapped in smoke and mirrors. It’s 30,000 troops due to cycle out next Summer at the end of their deployments, and in order to keep the lid on domestic political unrest he’s going to pretend he isn’t going to replace them.

WASHINGTON - President Bush will tell the nation Thursday evening that he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer but will condition those and further cuts on continued progress, The Associated Press has learned.

In a 15-minute address from the White House at 9 p.m. EDT, Bush will endorse the recommendations of his top general and top diplomat in Iraq, following their appearance at two days of hearings in Congress, administration officials said. The White House plans to issue a written status report on the troop buildup on Friday, they said.

Say….. isn’t telling the “enemy” – you know, the ungrateful Iraqis and the evil Iranians (not to mention the Saudis who finance and make up so much of Al Qaeda) really a bad idea? Doesn’t it tell them when things will be easier for them?

Bush vetoes Iraq spending bill over timelines

President Bush used his veto pen for only the second time Tuesday after Congress sent him a war spending bill that would impose timelines to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, which he called a “prescription for chaos.”

The bill is unacceptable because it “substitutes the opinions of politicians for the judgments of our military commanders,” the president said in a nationally televised address to explain why he was vetoing a bill that would also provide more than $100 billion in emergency spending for the war.

“This is a prescription for chaos and confusion, and we must not impose it on our troops,” Bush said. “... It makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing.”

But…. but….

Apparently it’s only dangerous to the troops when a Democrat wants to bring them home. As always, laws, logic and science don’t apply when our eight-year old in a man’s body wants something.