The Way Forward?

A commission on the war in Iraq recommended new and enhanced diplomacy Wednesday so the United States can begin to move its combat forces out of the country responsibly.

Begin to move its combat forces out of the country responsibly ... Responsibly - is that even an option anymore? I don't know why, but this topic has me particularly pissed off this morning.
The commission has warned, after an 8 month review, that "the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating." Well no fucking shit!
Only 2,800 U.S. Troops have been killed and that number continues to grow on a daily basis.

The report goes on to say that if the situation continues to deteriorate, there is a risk of a "slide toward chaos that could trigger the collapse of Iraq's government and a humanitarian catastrophe." "Neighboring countries could intervene ... The global standing of the United States could be diminished. Americans could become more polarized."

Could become more polarized, could ...
Polarized is defined as:
to divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups, etc.
I think the use of this verb is ignorantly inappropriate.
We are well beyond the stage of diplomatic decency here, not that any was ever put in place to begin with.

Bush said he told the 10 commission members that his administration will take their report, called "The Way Forward," very seriously.
He goes on to say that this report gives a very tough assessment of the situation in Iraq and that it is a report that brings some really very interesting proposals, and that we (he) will take every proposal seriously and we will act in a timely fashion.

A timely fashion? HA! This coming from our backwater-talking, stupid is as stupid does, stay the course shouting leader who proves that when it comes to acquiring a good job, it's all about who (daddy) you know.

Anyway, happy hump day everyone.