Heard it all before

So the President is going on a tour to shore up support for the Iraq war. I seem to remember him doing this once before, in an effort to help his numbers before the election with little success. And I imagine we will see the same results now.

Bush's record on Iraq has been well played, and now the needle is stuck in one long continuous groove where we hear the same sounds over and over again. He has nothing new to say. And that's what the people want to hear.

If Iraq is so important, send more troops over. Find a way to raise emlistment and get as many men and women over there to fight the enemy overseas instead of in Spain London America. Make sure the troops that are over there have the right weapons and training to so the job.

What America fails to see at this point is action. There is no hint of a change in course, even though that course looks more and more deadly and has seemingly become more and more precarious to follow. And when things aren't going well, you need to make a change, one way or another.