President Bush: Determined to End This War

Because he won't sign anything that puts even the least restriction on his power.

President Bush would veto a bill drafted by House Democratic leaders that would fund the Iraq war only into the summer months, his spokesman said Wednesday.

And the Pentagon said the funding plan would be "massively disruptive."

The Democrats' proposal would pay for the war through July, then give Congress the option of cutting off money after that if conditions do not improve. Bush requested more than $90 billion to fund the war through September.

"There are restrictions on funding and there are also some of the spending items that were mentioned in the first veto message that are still in the bill," White House press secretary Tony Snow said on Air Force One traveling with Bush.

Asked directly if Bush would veto the House bill in its current form, Snow said, "Yes."

Look, of course the Pentagon would say that putting some check on the nonstop flow of money would be disruptive. They've been riding the money train for decades without anyone daring to stop them. And the President feels the same way. They want this war to go on forever. They will not change one thing and compromise one iota. Anyone that believes different is fooling themselves. Therefore, we can keep going down this road, and the President through his stubbornness can end this war all by himself. Until then, they'd better find some more room on that Iraq War memorial for more casualties, because that's going to be the only result of this intransigence. All we're seeing is continued violence (even in areas that were so-called success stories), and illusions of progress defined as "everything hasn't completely fallen apart just yet."

The President will end this war because he's too much of a spoiled brat to accept anything but total fealty. King George uber alles. If the Democrats cave in to this guy, it'd be madness.