Bush Backs Petraeus

The National Review reports that Bush is standing by his man:

The president made his intentions clear Friday afternoon. He’s not
going to abandon the surge, despite all the talk of his administration being
willing to move to the Iraq Study Group model of the Iraq war. He views “this
period as fundamental for deciding whether or not this nation is going to be
secure throughout a lot of the 21st century. And therefore when it comes to the
war in Iraq, as you know, I made a decision not to leave but to put more in, and
I will support our troops and support Gen. Petraeus, his plan.”“The ideal
world,” he adds, “is that there would be some bipartisan consensus at some point
in time to be there for a while. Can we achieve that? I don’t know. It’s worth
trying. It’s worth talking to people about it.” But referring back to his
statements in support of the surge, he said, with emphasis in his voice, “It’s
very important for you all to understand that that’s exactly what I
mean.”

I think George Bush will be hailed as an outstanding statesman one day. Certainly when the Clinton's take back the White House, we'll pine for days like these, when America displayed her greatness.