Honorary Iranians David Gregory and Ed Henry

Although it's been two months since President Bush held a news conference, he was in top form yesterday.

The usual suspects of the White House press corps behaved the way they usually do -- acting as mouthpieces for our enemies and doing the bidding of those wishing us harm.

Naturally, David Gregory was a standout of stupidity. He pressed the president on the administration's assertion that Iran is supplying IEDs being used to harm our troops in Iraq.

Q = David Gregory

Q Thank you, sir. I'd like to follow on Iran. Critics say that you are using the same quality of intelligence about Iran that you used to make the case for war in Iraq, specifically about WMD that turned out to be wrong, and that you are doing that to make a case for war against Iran. Is that the case?

THE PRESIDENT: I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I'd like to repeat, I do not know whether or not the Quds force was ordered from the top echelons of government. But my point is what's worse -- them ordering it and it happening, or them not ordering it and it happening? And so we will continue to protect our troops.

David, our strategy is comprehensive in order to resolve problems that will affect our own peace and the peace in the world. And the biggest problem I see is the Iranians' desire to have a nuclear weapon. As you know, we've been dealing with this issue ever since you've been covering me, and pretty much ever since I've been the President. And we've made it very clear to the Iranians that if they would like to have a dialogue with the United States, there needs to be a verifiable suspension of their program. I would hope that they would do that. I would like to be at the -- have been given a chance for us to explain that we have no desire to harm the Iranian people.

But my focus is on making sure that this weapon is dealt with, the program is dealt with in a constructive, peaceful way. And we'll continue to work toward achieving our common objective with other nations in the world in a peaceful way.

Sheryl.

Q -- using faulty intelligence to provoke Iran?

THE PRESIDENT: No, I heard your question, and I told you, I was confident that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, was providing weaponry into Iraq. And to say it is provoking Iran is just a wrong way to characterize the Commander-in-Chief's decision to do what is necessary to protect our soldiers in harm's way. And I will continue to do so.

Gregory is so combative.

After President Bush fully answered Gregory's idiotic, loaded question, he was off mike as he continued to harass the president.

What an egomaniac!

He seems to get off by taking on the leader of the Free World and treating him like a peon.

"Critics say..."

Yeah, critics like the NBC News lib brigade -- Gregory, Brian Williams, and Tim Russert, to name a few.

Gregory charged the President with using faulty intelligence about the IEDs to provoke Iran.

Good grief.

It's as if Gregory intended to suck up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier.

I'm not suggesting that Gregory should be a cheerleader for Bush and the United States, but he shouldn't be an advocate for Ahmadinejad and the Quds force.

A while later, Ed Henry of CNN took up where Gregory left off.

Q = Ed Henry

Q Thank you, Mr. President. I want to follow up on Iran one more time. You saying today that you do not know if senior members of the Iranian government are, in fact, behind these explosives -- that contradicts what U.S. officials said in Baghdad on Sunday. They said the highest levels of the Iranian government were behind this. It also -- it seems to square with what General Pace has been saying, but contradicts with what your own press secretary said yesterday.

THE PRESIDENT: Can I -- let me -- I can't say it more plainly: there are weapons in Iraq that are harming U.S. troops because of the Quds force. And as you know, I hope, that the Quds force is a part of the Iranian government. Whether Ahmadinejad ordered the Quds force to do this, I don't think we know. But we do know that they're there, and I intend to do something about it. And I've asked our commanders to do something about it. And we're going to protect our troops.

Q But given some of contradictions, Mr. President --

THE PRESIDENT: There's no contradiction that the weapons are there and they were provided by the Quds force, Ed.

Q What assurances can you give the American people that the intelligence this time will be accurate?

THE PRESIDENT: Ed, we know they're there, we know they're provided by the Quds force. We know the Quds force is a part of the Iranian government. I don't think we know who picked up the phone and said to the Quds force, go do this, but we know it's a vital part of the Iranian government.

What matters is, is that we're responding. The idea that somehow we're manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs is preposterous, Ed. My job is to protect our troops. And when we find devices that are in that country that are hurting our troops, we're going to do something about it, pure and simple.

Now David says, does this mean you're trying to have a pretext for war? No. It means I'm trying to protect our troops. That's what that means. And that's what the family members of our soldiers expect the Commander-in-Chief and those responsible for -- responsible for our troops on the ground. And we'll continue do so.

The President was exceedingly patient with these buffoons.

Gregory and Henry were accusing the President of dispensing outright lies in order to the lay the groundwork for war with Iran.

Both Gregory and Henry appear to be more concerned with protecting the "good name" of Iran, the nation supplying IEDs to kill our troops than with protecting our troops from harm.

They assume that President Bush is lying, or they want you to think that he is.

Their news conference performance reveals that they consider him guilty until proven innocent. Doesn't everybody?

These two aren't disinterested, objective members of the press. They're anti-Bush shills, champions of the Left. It seems they would rather stand shoulder to shoulder with Ahmadinejad than President Bush.

I think their pro-enemy slant may stem from their frustration over Patrick Fitzgerald's failed investigation. They so badly wanted Karl Rove and Vice President Cheney to be tarred and feathered, but that didn't work out.

I guess that has to hurt. They're deranged.

Their upset manifests itself in conspiracy theories and irrationality -- the libs' modus operandi.

Pathetic.