Delusions

"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president," Cheney said.

It is far more likely that the Bush presidency will be regarded as one long unmitigated disaster. The chances are probably higher that Bush will be executed for war crimes than historians will ever regard the Bush presidency as a success. With public statements such at this: "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace," the question of whether Bush will be regarded as one of the great presidential putzim is not even close.