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W Meets the Press on Iraq

A bravura performance. One of his best, and absolutely as well as he could have done under the circumstances. Bush stayed to point, he projected concern, thoughtfulness, conviction. He brought off the right blend of humility and resolve. Iraq may be going to hell, but W told a coherent story about better days ahead and made some good TV.

Practically everything he said was bullshit: the canting about a "free Iraq," the claim that our Iraqi adventure will inspire US-style governments throughout the region, the ceaseless implication that Iraq and 9/11 were related in some way. But hey--that really is not the point. This isn't politics we're watching. It's theater. And that was a very fine act.