And He Said It With A Straight Face

After almost 8 years of failure, how can Bush be so [unrepentant](http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/bush-d11.shtml).

>Given the events of the last eight years, the Bush Doctrine deserves to be thrown on the scrap heap of history together with the doctrines of aggressive war propagated by Nazi Germany 70 years ago. He and other leading figures in his administration deserve to be tried for war crimes as well as crimes against the US Constitution. What then is to explain his seeming confidence in claiming vindication for his appalling record? No doubt it is a well-founded conviction that under the incoming Obama administration, the Bush Doctrine—whatever tactical modifications may be made—will remain essentially intact as the foundation for US imperialist policy on a global scale.