Bush claims unilateral authority over the universe

This item illustrates just how delusional our President has become. Apparently Bush believes his unilateral authority extends even into Iraq itself.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had a surprise for President Bush when they sat down with their aides in the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan. Firing up a PowerPoint presentation, Maliki and his national security adviser proposed that U.S. troops withdraw to the outskirts of Baghdad and let Iraqis take over security in the strife-torn capital. Maliki said he did not want any more U.S. troops at all, just more authority.

One has to ask why the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country should have to ask our President for authority to lead his own country out of its current civil strife. Didn't Bush himself make a huge show out of transferring sovereignty years ago? Clearly that was just more meaningless rhetoric and political posturing designed to win an election here. If you doubt that, then consider this.

...At a meeting in the White House's Roosevelt Room, the president flatly told his advisers that the Maliki plan was not going to work. He had concluded that the Iraqis were not up to the task and that Baghdad would collapse into chaos, making a bad situation worse. And so the Americans would have to help them.

So in other words, Maliki asked Bush to back off and let him handle it and Bush basically said, screw you. He decided they need help and they're going to get the help dammit and they had better like it. Bush has now rejected several opportunities to exit Iraq with some measure of dignity. Yet he continues to insist on ignoring expert advice, public sentiment and a direct plea from the Iraqis to stand down, in order to follow only his own counsel.

So does this sound like someone who is trying to help the Iraqis stand up or someone who is trying to keep them down for his own reasons?