Opinion (Richard Reeves): The 'Who Lost Iraq' blame game begins

LOS ANGELES - President Bush announced his new Iraq strategy on national television last Wednesday night: Who Lost Iraq?

He set up the new phase of the war "debate" by blaming:

-- The Iraqis. We overthrew their tyrannical government and told them how to build an American-style democracy, but they screwed it up.

-- "Our commanders," a phrase he used twice, meaning the U.S. military. We, meaning the White House, told them to build an American-style democracy, but they screwed it up.

-- The Congress. After looking the other way as an administration cabal spent and lost about one-half trillion dollars in the fog and sand of war in the desert, Congress may screw everything up by asking for real information before authorizing hundreds of millions more. But now the president says he will have "consultations" with the Congress, "a bipartisan working group" - the better to share the blame and shame.

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