In business, I’ve seen that important new initiatives–new products, processes, and markets that are very different from the old ones–frequently have a hard time at the beginning and often appear chaotic. Then, there are always people who want to quit, seeing only the difficulty and not the potential gains (and/or the potential aversion of impending disaster which will happen sooner or later if nothing major is ever done.) I think Bush is dealing with a similar set of problems and reactions.

There’s an old proverb along the lines of “never show a fool something half-done” (because he won’t be able to grasp what it will look like when it’s complete.) Unfortunately, we seem to have a disproportionate number of fools in politics, media, and academia right now

This realistically addresses the issues IMO. It seems to recognizes the failure of the current campaign in Iraq, or at least recognize a need for a change in strategy to realize the goal of an independent, free Iraq WITHOUT a cut and run (a.k.a. “redeployment”) approach. It also recognizes the larger scope that entails Iraq and consequences of failing.