In a resignation that had imminent indictment written all over it, the "effective immediately" exit of Randall Tobias from the US Agency for International Development "for personal reasons" was quickly revealed, in classic Friday news way, to be connected into an investigation into an escort service. The White House hasn't had time yet to block Tobias searches of their pages, and one event that pops up is Bush's July 2003 nomination of Tobias to his previous position as Global AIDS Coordinator. Bush took questions at the event, including --
Q Mr. President, a posse of small nations -- like the Ukraine and Poland -- are materializing to help keep the peace in Iraq. But with the attacks on U.S. forces and the casualty rates rising, what is the administration doing to get larger powers, like France and Germany and Russia, to join the American occupation there?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, we'll put together a force structure who meets the threats on the ground. And we've got a lot of forces there, ourselves. And as I said yesterday, anybody who wants to harm American troops will be found and brought to justice. There are some who feel like that if they attack us that we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they're talking about, if that's the case.
Let me finish. There are some who feel like -- that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on. We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation. Of course we want other countries to help us -- Great Britain is there, Poland is there, Ukraine is there, you mentioned. Anybody who wants to help, we'll welcome the help. But we've got plenty tough force there right now to make sure the situation is secure.
It's a sign of how bad things are for Bush that the entrails of completely unrelated imbroglios are now entangled with each other.
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