From the Ottawa Recorder: Bush: Iraq violence is al-Qaida plot

TALLINN, Estonia – President Bush said Tuesday an al-Qaida plot to stoke cycles of sectarian revenge in Iraq is to blame for escalating bloodshed, and refused to debate whether the country has fallen into civil war.

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Bush said he will ask al-Maliki to explain his plan for quelling the violence.

I like that, ask the hobbled leader of a country torn by civil war what he’s going to do about it. He’s doing the only thing that makes sense, surviving by allying himself with fellow travelers in Iran and al-Sadr.

Perhaps Mr. Bush will be citing the world plotting against him when they carry him off to prison (for war crimes) or to the asylum (ala Captain Queeg). He will use the plot defense when his claims of being Napoleon are ignored.