It's obvious why the Washington Post published this. They will do anything to divide the Republican base.
Unfortunately, however, Bush has already accomplished that.
This article makes depressing reading. Very depressing reading. But it's entirely true. Maybe the only sentence in the whole thing that had me questioning the argument was the one about not sending enough troops to Iraq. But that was one questionable sentence out of a very long article.
If you have been following FR since Monday, you should realize that you don't need the Washington Post to divide us. Bush's Monday night speech did more to alienate conservatives and divide Republicans (not necessarily the same thing) than MSM ever dreamed of doing.