I wish this guy would make speeches

I wish Bush would sound like this in his public rhetoric:

On Bin Laden, Bush emphasized the importance of intelligence. Perhaps with those critics on his mind who argue that we took our eye off the ball by not committing the troops necessary to find the terror leader, Bush said,“100,000 troops there in Pakistan is not the answer, it’s someone saying ‘Guess what?’ [i.e. `I know here he is’] and then the kinetic action begins.”

Or this:

In general, he said the War on Terror is “akin to the Cold War.” He rejected the complaint that the war has lasted longer than World War II. “World War II was nation-state versus nation-state.” He emphasized it is an ideological struggle. In the Cold War, he said, the truth won out. “This is a war where over time the truth will win, but there will be moments of kinetic action [i.e. military struggle]. Some you won’t see.” Like KSM. “And some you will see,” like “the Taliban’s attempted resurgence.”

Or even this:

“The politics of Iraq are going to take a while to settle out.” Bush said the Iraqi government has to convince people that a unified government is in their interest, and emphasized the importance of time—it will take “time for people to learn to trust each other.” He reminded us that Maliki has been in office since only June: “The man’s been there for three months and he’s beginning to make some tough choices.” On the social distrust, Bush said “people still believe Saddam Hussein has the possibility of coming back.” He continued, “It’s the psychology of the country that concerns me most, because he was successful in pitting people against one another.”

But most especially like this:

He went on to say that anyone who is 60 years old—like himself—is a product of the Vietnam era, and “it was a mistake then to make tactical decisions out of the Oval Office.” He said he had “confidence and faith” in the military leaders, including Gen. Casey, who are on the ground and not asking for more troops.

Asked what if Gen. Casey is wrong, Bush said, “Then, I picked the wrong general.” Bush emphasized that he’s not a military expert and he’s not in Baghdad, but “I know how to ask the right questions [of the generals].” Again, he said of Casey, “If he’s wrong, I’m wrong.” He said that U.S. generals are saying “we need more troops and we need them to be Iraqis.” He continued: “Gen. Casey is a very capable man, who’s got a depth of understanding of politics [in Iraq] and his role as a military commander.”

Asked if generals might be inhibited in asking for more troops because it might be such a politically unwelcome request, Bush used a dismissive expletive for the notion. He expressed his conviction that his generals know he has what it takes—briefly showing his fluidity in Spanish—to get them the troops they need even if the politics isn’t favorable.