I happened to be listening to NPR this morning on the way to work when they cut in for President Bush's press conference. His opening remarks were the same bullshit about spending we've heard time and again. Democrats just love unnecessary spending, but I need $200 billion for Iraq NOW!!!

Anyway, then the questions started and actually involved real questions of substantive importance to international security, diplomacy, and domestic stability, most of which is skirted around, usually by calling the reporter "clever" and refusing to comment.

When asked about Turkey possibly sending troops after Kurdish rebels in Iraq, he basically said he didn't think it was such a great idea. But then there was this gem:

I appreciate very much the fact that the Iraqi government understands that this is a sensitive issue with the Turks, and that's why Vice President Hashimi is in Istanbul today, talking with the Turkish leaders to assure them that Iraq shares their concerns about terrorist activities, but that there's a better way to deal with the issue than having the Turks send massive troops into the country -- massive additional troops into the country.

My immediate action was, "Wait... did he really just say that we're concerned about terrorism, but sending troops is not the way to deal with it?" Seriously? The way he said it, I think he sincerely believes it too, while sincerely believing that we did need to invade Iraq to combat terrorism. I think my head would explode before I was able to contain those two thoughts within it.