Roll Up And That's An Invitation

The Magical History Tour is coming to take you away!

Bush, being Bush, thinks abstractions and good intentions will conquer such unpleasant facts [enumerated earlier in the article]. To Bush, they aren't even facts; they're illusions. The reality is the great narrative of the war on terror, whose infallible course is set by a higher power. "The way forward may sometimes appear chaotic; yet our coalition is strong, and our efforts are focused and unrelenting, and no power of the enemy will stop Iraq's progress," Bush insisted tonight. Close your eyes, and you can almost see it.

William Saletan is on point.