Clueless

I know I should know better, but I'm continually amazed at how utterly and completely disconnected from any sort of reality George W. Bush actually is:

President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, participants in the meeting said Tuesday.

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More generally, the participants said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended.

One hopes that at this meeting the nattering nabobs spelled it out for W, and that he actually listened. However, given the White House penchance for only bringing in sycophants and W's general lack of anything resembling critical thought, I'm not going to hold my breath.