Multiple attacks rock Iraqi cities

From the Freeway Blogger

Here. I'll write Scott McLellan's lines for him for today's White House press briefing--

Q: Scott, don't these massive coordinated attacks in Iraq indicate that our policy there is failing?
McLellan: Helen, the President has said all along that there would be an increase of violence in Iraq as the June 30 handover date approached, and that is what we're seeing today. It is not unexpected, and will not shake our resolve to stay the course.
Q: But Scott, if you saw it coming, why couldn't you stop it?
McLellan: Tom, the President has said all along that there would be an increase of violence in Iraq as the June 30 handover date approached, and that is what we're seeing today. It is not unexpected, and will not shake our resolve to stay the course.
Q: Scott, the price of milk seems to have gone up. Does the President intend to take any action to bring milk prices back down?
McLellan: Judy, the President has said all along that there would be an increase of violence in Iraq as the June 30 handover date approached, and that is what we're seeing today. It is not unexpected, and will not shake our resolve to stay the course.

I swear, all the macho talk about staying the course, not being intimidated, not negotiating with terrorists, not showing weakness, and so on, has killed more people than just about anything. If there were a moral basis for our being there it might be a somewhat admirable position, but since the whole screwed-up operation was based on lies, it's just childish and criminal. The course may end up killing us all, George. Get off it!