Skepticum

Bush appears to have decided this week to play spin the bottle in what appears to be a random act of trying to impose his authority.

He spent Monday trying to redirect discussion from Iraq in the eve of his speech at UN’s general assembly by discussing a revival of the middle East peace process, and by avoiding to discuss Iran president’s inane statements that have been getting him more coverage than the pope.

According to CNN, other issues occupied Dubya’s mind on Monday,

Instead of Iran, the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, was drawing Bush’s ire. He was expected to announce new visa restrictions and financial sanctions against the regime and those who provide it financial aid.

Because the people trapped behind a violent dictatorship need visa restrictions to help them in case they want to flee.

And today, “Bush was posing a challenge to the U.N. to uphold its original goal of ensuring freedom in many forms — from tyranny, disease, illiteracy and poverty. ” This, just the prelude to his going to the UN in shame over the war in Iraq. His logic is that if he attacks them first they’ll see the light and back off. Even though this pattern of logic didn’t work very well when it came to the Iraq war, the president seems ready to use it again–strike and then ask questions.

But all in all, Bush seems to be sick of discussions on Iraq and Iran, “The president wanted [the UN] speech to focus on many other issues that are facing the world — issues that people in Sudan and Zimbabwe and Burma and countless other countries are dealing with,” [said White House spokesman Dana Perino] said.

It’s just another week is the World According to Dubya.

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