Via Kevin Drum, the NYTimes tells us what we already knew, Bush's surge policy is a sham, merely designed to run out the clock on Iraq while Bush is President:

The Bush administration will not try to assess whether the troop increase in Iraq is producing signs of political progress or greater security until September, and many of Mr. Bush’s top advisers now anticipate that any gains by then will be limited, according to senior administration officials.

In interviews over the past week, the officials made clear that the White House is gradually scaling back its expectations for the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. The timelines they are now discussing suggest that the White House may maintain the increased numbers of American troops in Iraq well into next year.

. . . Several American officials who have spoken recently with Mr. Maliki say they believe that he would like to achieve the kind of political reconciliation that Mr. Bush outlined in January as the ultimate goal of the troop increase. But they say the Iraqi prime minister appears to have little ability to manage the required legislation, including bills requiring fair distribution of oil revenues among Iraq’s Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds, and reversing the American-led de-Baathification that barred many Sunnis from participation in the new government.

(Emphasis supplied.) This is predictable. Bush's feelings are what drive policy now. We can't have him face the fact that he lost the Iraq Debacle and is the worst President in history. That he destroys our military, irreparably damages our national interest and causes the needless deaths of our soldiers is of no moment compared to his feelings.

Disgusting.