Bush to try "X-Men" Strategy in Iraq

With poll numbers still plummeting and the marginal success of his "mea culpa" performance at last week's press conference with Tony Blair about Iraq, it seems that Bush is in desperate need of a new approach.

While he frankly admits to not planning on seeing his good friend Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth, the explosive success of the third X-Men movie surely hasn't escaped him. Record breaking box office numbers might inspire Bush to try and reclaim his glory days of President-as-action figure that worked so well in the beginning of the Iraq invasion. Sitting in the cockpit of military jets and speaking on aircraft carriers in front of "Mission Accomplished" banners.

Despite recent polls showing over 60% of Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq, Bush continues to ignore both the majority of Americans and the reality on the ground in Iraq.

"More adults in the United States are disappointed with their government’s decision to go to war in Iraq, according to a poll by TNS released by the Washington Post and ABC News. 62 per cent of respondents think the conflict was not worth fighting, up five points since March. For the first time since the conflict began, fewer than four-in-ten Americans believe the war with Iraq was worth fighting."

While it may pump him up to see the "good guys" win in the movie, some of the more nuanced plot subtext probably flew right over his head, (the whole gay rights thing). But then shades of grey, nuance, and pesky details were never a strong suit for this administration. Why complicate world affairs when it can be cut down to a simple case of "bring it on"?

So is Bush a Wolverine? Smells more like Weasel to me.