After a year and a half, Bush finally has a plan for Iraq

According to this story from the AP,

The Bush administration has developed a formal written strategy for Iraq that envisions using a mix of diplomacy and military force to try to wrest control of dozens of key cities from insurgents before planned January elections, a senior administration official said Friday.

The strategy -- already largely outlined by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other top officials in recent weeks -- was developed over the summer as Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry was accusing President Bush of lacking a coherent plan to end the rising violence and pave the way for the withdrawal of American troops.

So, it only took a year and a half and over 1000 American deaths and many more uncounted Iraqi deaths for the Bush administration to develop a plan. What more needs to be said about their level of incompetence?