It looks like he's only concerned with his legacy anymore rather than the interests of the United States. "Apres moi, le deluge"...
He makes his friends call him "Mr. President":
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1672006&page=3
The Bush Plan - Stay in Iraq for
50 years:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30416213.htm
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-geyer_31edi.ART.State.Edition1.4370227.html
Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny."
And also there to preserve his legacy... the costliest presidential library in history
http://www.nydailynews.com/index.html
No wonder the current administration is intractable in its position on Iraq. Apparently it's Bush's mandate (possibly from God, which makes the matter all the scarier) to bring "freedom" (whatever that means anymore...) to the region, probably at the point of a gun.
