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Don't Blame the Guy In Charge.

So, six years after 9/11 Al Qaeda is as strong as it ever was. And after four years in Iraq we've defined "victory" down to the point where it means "a decent interval during which we can scamper home before the real bloodbath starts."

But don't blame the commander in chief. If you do that's BDS: Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Instead blame:

1) Democrats
2) The Iraqi people
3) Europeans
4) Keith Olbermann
5) Um, liberals?
6) I'm gonna say Bill Clinton
7) The liberal mainstream media.
8) Guys who write comments at DailyKos
9) The American people
10) Ooh, ooh, I forgot: Hillary Clinton
11) Liberal bloggers
12) Liberal liberals
13) Aliens
14) Especially liberal aliens
15) Not the guy who makes all the decisions.

“Don't Blame the Guy In Charge.”