Bush: Lost Touch With Political Reality

On to the Hard Part on Iraq

Sometimes the opening words to an article or editorial catch one's eye with such profound and precise meaning.

President Bush lost touch long ago with Iraq’s political reality — not to mention Americans’ anguish and disbelief at his mismanagement of the war. So we welcome the House of Representatives’ long-overdue attempt to shake some sense into Mr. Bush with a resolution opposing his decision to send another 20,000 combat troops to fight this disastrous war without any plan to end it.