Weaving Their Tangled Web

Our illustrious red state president touted freedom and democracy in Hungary today, giving that country credit for providing troops in the (Debacle? Quagmire? Utter, unmitigated disaster?) in Iraq. This was reported as part of the story:

Bush noted that Hungarian soldiers are helping to train Iraqi security forces, and are assisting in Afghanistan as well.

I don’t know about Afghanistan, but concerning Iraq, I found this from Newshounds (under “War Dead and Injured”). And I found this from Wikipedia (under “Nations No Longer Participating”). And I found this from BBC News.

Are all of these sources wrong?

If not, then it looks like Dubya has stepped in it again (“helping to train” Iraqi security forces is what he said, not “helped”).

And Dick Cheney managed not to accidentally shoot anyone in the face today and uttered these words (after categorically rejecting a call for troop withdrawal from Iraq):

"If we pull out, they'll follow us," he said of terrorists.

And it you want to read something humorous in a truly dark vein, try getting a load of this about Cheney from the White House web site:

Throughout his service, Mr. Cheney served with duty, honor, and unwavering leadership, gaining him the respect of the American people during trying military times.

Well, Mr. Duty, Honor, and Unwavering Leadership (for Halliburton, though the bio writer was polite enough not to mention that), if this is supposed to be a “global” war on terror, aren’t the terrorists here anyway? As long as things are going so swimmingly, according to Mr. Five Deferments Of Service From Vietnam, why don’t we try fighting them over here so we won’t have to fight them there?