The whole question, and the dodge....

From my post below, this is how the questioning went...(and you've probably had about all you can stand of reporting on the sheer idiocy of the answers that were given at this post-Wolfowitz-bombing conference:

But first, this is how it's titled on the White House's own page, and I kid you not:

President Bush, Ambassador Bremer Discuss Progress in Iraq
Remarks by the President and Special Envoy to Iraq,
Ambassador Bremer, in Photo Opportunity
The Oval Office
(Emphasis mine)

Okay...

THE PRESIDENT: Deb, you've got a question?

Q Yes, sir. Mr. President, the attacks are getting more brazen, they're getting more frequent. What do you know about who is behind these attacks? Is it Saddam? And what steps did you all discuss this morning about better protecting U.S. personnel there?

THE PRESIDENT: The best way to describe the people who are conducting these attacks are cold-blooded killers, terrorists. That's all they are. They're terrorists. And the best way to find them is to work with the Iraqi people to ferret them out and go get them. And that's exactly what we discussed.

What was the other part of your question?

Q What steps did you discuss this morning about better protecting U.S. personnel?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think if you -- we've hardened a lot of our targets for U.S. personnel there. And today's attacks were against places like the Red Cross, or police stations. These people will kill Iraqis. They don't care who they kill. They just want to kill. And we will find them, exactly what we discussed on how best to do so.

The Iraqi people understand that there's a handful of people who don't want to live in freedom, aren't interested in their children going to schools, aren't -- don't really care about the nature of the health care they get, aren't pleased with the fact that the electricity is coming back on line, aren't happy about the fact that Iraq is now selling oil on the world markets and people are finding work. And they'll do whatever it takes to stop this progress.

And our job is to work with the Iraqis to prevent this from happening. That's why we're working hard to get more Iraqi policemen; that's why we're working hard to build up the Iraqi armed forces; and that's why we're working hard with freedom-loving Iraqis to help ferret these people out before they attack and strike. And --

Q But, sir --

THE PRESIDENT: Randy.

Q Mr. President,...[question from Randy about the Madrid conference]

Yes, Deb, you are cut off. He made his idiot spiel, and he's movin' on.


And, at the end of the press conference:

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, one more question; sympathetic soul here.

Oh yeah. Mr. Bring on the cold blooded killers, I'm all sympathy, but now I have to go cut some brush on my ranch and get in a few rounds of golf, and I don't need to read the papers, and those soldiers have too many benefits as it is Bush.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.