Whenever politicians set a prospective objective like that, they KNOW they're not going to make it in all probability, but they have to set a figure that sounds....(cough, cough)...well...impressive. Right? A figure that gives the impression they are serious....

And that's all Bush is doing. He's doing the usual thing. And that's what those who set up the Kyoto Protocold were trying to do as well...they were simply setting an official objective as something to aim toward.

Any effort in a postive direction is better than no effort, is it not?