Bush was pressed about Iraqi troop levels repeatedly during our interview. His general response was that during Vietnam, tactical decisions were made in the White House. “I thought it was a mistake then, and I think it’s a mistake now.” ~David Brooks, The New York Times

So while Mr. Bush was boozing it up at Yale, he stopped and pondered the situation in Vietnam, saying to himself, “I know what we’re doing wrong over there–LBJ keeps interfering!  If I’m ever elected President, I swear I will never do that.”  Presumably he means that he now thinks that it was a mistake to do that at the time, but that isn’t exactly what he said.

But if he won’t interfere, and none of the generals will actually request the increases of troops needed, that means that tactics won’t change, either.  And we already know that the “strategic vision will not shift,” which leaves us without any changes whatever.  Steady as she goes!