Some folks are a bit upset with the President because of remarks he made to British PM Tony Blair.

Bush expressed his frustration with the United Nations and his disgust with the militant Islamic group and its backers in Syria as he talked to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the closing lunch at the Group of Eight summit.

“See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s— and it’s over,” Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll.

I’ll get to the substance of his remarks in a moment.

Of course what many are upset about is the “S” word. In reading this I’m reminded of Rev. Grady Nutt, a Baptist preacher who was a regular on Hee-Haw, and even had his own television show — briefly. At one time I owned one of his comedy albums (and yes, it was an album. Vinyl. Remember those?). Reading the story today brought a line from that album to mind. This may not be an exact quote, but I’m sure it’s pretty close:

“Preachers are cursed at times because they can’t curse at times.” (I guess you could say the same about Presidents).

He went on to say that when you hit your thumb with a hammer that “hallelujah” isn’t the first word that comes to mind.

Anyhow, instead of getting one’s panties in a wad over the words he used, let’s look at the substance of his private remark. That part is dead on. If Syria and Hezbollah stop, it is all over.

Chad Evans (In The Bullpen) put it this way:

The “solution” to this temporary war is just that. Syria and Iran hold the cards as far as what Hezbollah does or doesn’t do. Syria could easily reign in Hezbollah if they wanted to.

While Bob at Confederate Yankee was even more to the point:

The President of the United States said shit because Hezbollah terrorists—supported and supplied by Syria and Iran—are firing rocket after rocket at Israeli cities in order to kill Israeli civilians.

Exactly.