Bush is not necessarily retarded, but some of his policies sure attempt to prove the contrary. As far as the war goes, he messed up, many people died, he admitted his error and yet he wants to send more people to die. Twenty thousand more troops won’t make a difference in a town of more than four million inhabitants. Anyways, I know political talk is not allowed so I will stop. Bush is not dumb; he is just hard headed, and thinks that the end result justifies the means of getting there.