Be! Aggressive! B-E- Aggressive!

Hey, remember George W. Bush? You may recall that he's our president. He's doesn't seem to be up to much these days, or at least no one seems to care. If a president does his job and the media isn't there to report it, can it be considered working?

So no, I'm not writing about what he's up to right now because, frankly, I don't know what he's up to right now. Probably threatening to veto some decent piece of legislation.

But back in 2004 he was up to a lot. The Iraq War was turning into a disaster, Dubya was running for re-election, and Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez was paying attention. In Sanchez's new autobiography he reports that Commander-in-Chief Bush tapped into his former cheerleading self to offer a slightly insane pep-talk, after the horrific Blackwater contractor deaths in Fallujah (as quoted from Think Progress):

Kick ass! If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can’t send that message. It’s an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal... There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!

Strawberry shortcake! Banana split! We think YOUR team plays like SHIFT to the left! SHIFT to the right! Stand up! Sit down! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

And it's been nothing but an easy victory since. Well done, Mr. President. Or, put another way, nice goin', genius.