President Bush: 'Why Don't Iraqis Appreciate Our Sweet Gift Of Freedom?'

George W. Bush just wants to be appreciated; he just wants to be given all the credit he deserves. Don't worry, Mr. President, I am sure the history books will give you the acknowledgment you so sorely deserve.

NY Times: Bush Said to Be Frustrated by Level of Public Support in Iraq

President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, participants in the meeting said Tuesday.

Those who attended a Monday lunch at the Pentagon that included the president’s war cabinet and several outside experts said Mr. Bush carefully avoided expressing a clear personal view of the new prime minister of Iraq, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

But in what participants described as a telling line of questioning, Mr. Bush did ask each of the academic experts for their assessment of the prime minister’s effectiveness.

“I sensed a frustration with the lack of progress on the bigger picture of Iraq generally — that we continue to lose a lot of lives, it continues to sap our budget,” said one person who attended the meeting. “The president wants the people in Iraq to get more on board to bring success.”

Ahh, that's the conservative approach I know and love! Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, Iraqi people! We can't do it all for you, that's not the job of government (just ask anyone living in New Orleans). We gave you freedom and democracy and you went and fucked it all up! For shame! You owe President Bush, and America, a big apology for making us look bad.

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More generally, the participants said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended.

What a bunch of ingrates. If a foreign military came to occupy my country, I know I'd be greeting them like liberators and lining rose petals all over the streets of the Green Zone for them. And with the great, well-organized plan we brought to this war, I don't know why they don't appreciate all the civil war progress we're making.

More great news today alone for the Iraqis to appreciate- here, here, and here.

[PS- MSNBC's Joe Scarborough poses the question: Is Bush an idiot? / Video]