Where We Stand

This summary of yesterday's events from the Washington Post says it all-

As late as Wednesday afternoon, it appeared that the White House was planning to go ahead with a three-way meeting that evening among Bush, Maliki and King Abdullah of Jordan. But when reporters showed up at the palace where the meeting was to take place, they were told by White House counselor Dan Bartlett that the session was off.

[Scooby Doo] Ruh-roh! [/Scooby Doo]

Bush and Maliki finally met today... after, of course, administration leaks trashing the latter.

I think this Newsweek headline says it all about how flexible the President will be:
"Adjust the Course-
Despite the Democratic congressional victory and James Baker's independent commission, President Bush seems unwilling to make major policy changes on Iraq."

And the meaningless war and senseless deaths beat goes on...

In other news: Iraq and Iran have reached a security agreement with each other. Vice President was summoned by his masters in Saudi Arabia because the leaders in that country are "concerned about the damage that the conflict in Iraq is doing across the region". A new poll finds that the majority of Americans believe Iraq is in a civil war, and only 13% believe incoming Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will improve matters, and over half support a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops with an additional 18% supporting an immediate withdrawal.

Oh, and James Baker's Iraq Study Group has reached a "consensus agreement" on Iraq. The group will release its super independent and awesome conclusions on December 6. I waited with bated breath.