Bush's insoluble dilemma in Iraq

[dArKeR]

MOSCOW The doomsayers' gloomiest predictions of a "new Vietnam" in Iraq are coming true. Critics of U.S. muscle-flexing, shamed into silence last spring, are once more taking heart. The process of forming an "Iraqi" government, more than anything else, has revealed George W. Bush's statements about bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East to be empty rhetoric. Most Iraqis now clearly see that an occupying army is creating a new government as a prerequisite to a prolonged stay in the country, not to withdrawal.
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The White House faces an insoluble dilemma: It cannot leave Iraq and it cannot stay. In chess this quandary is called "zugzwang," when it is your turn to move, but all possible moves will weaken your position. U.S. interests would be best served by admitting defeat and getting out now.

http://www.iht.com/articles/517041.html

[Atman]

1. "zugzwang"

Sounds kinda like sux wang...and perfect for Bush.

[Lisa]

2. and there's even a name!

Of course, * has no interest in chess ("sound like one a' them things interlecturals does") so he wouldn't have heard of it.