Or, he may be stonewalling to hide what would amount to the most spectacular strategic misjudgment thus far in the current war on [some?] terrorists!
Sounds to me like GWB has perhaps inherited the family trait of softheadedness that is the reason Saddam Hussein is still in power today? (Hope I'm wrong; but my gut instinct tells me otherwise.
There were reports of this going on during the siege, although Bush's kneejerk defenders in this forum discounted them out of hand, of course.)