I think Bush has been truly shaken by his involvement in Iraq. Apparently, the easy victory God promised Bush in vision (i.e. pie-eyed drunken stupor) has not materialized. God had promised it would be so easy. Just go in and knock down Iraq's govt and those bone-headed little camel-jockeys will throw themselves on the ground at our feet promise us the moon and sun.

This leaves Bush with two unsavory conclusions:

1. God was wrong

OR (and far worse)

2. George W. Bush was wrong

Now he is uncertain. As long as he made believe his god marched alongside him, he swaggered and smirked his way through his presidency. But now? Now, Bush is like the emperor who suddenly realized he's naked in front of the whole world. Suddenly, he's indecisive about what should be done about Iran and North Korea. Suddenly, he wants Russia and Putin to get tough with Iran at G8. He wants China to take the lead with N.K. Japan is threatening to launch a preemptive strike on N.K. and Bush can only stand there bewildered as though he never saw this coming--simply because he never did.

For Bush, he was only supposed to get the ball rolling and god would handle the rest. Now Bush has no idea how to yank the ball back and god is nowhere in sight for consultation.