Oliver Willis

It’s 2007, but we’re still stuck with Bush.

In interviews in Washington and Baghdad, senior officials said the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department had also failed to take seriously warnings, including some from its own ambassador in Baghdad, that sectarian violence could rip the country apart and turn Mr. Bush’s promise to “clear, hold and build” Iraqi neighborhoods and towns into an empty slogan.

This entire presidency is an "empty slogan", from domestic policy to foreign policy and everything in between.