Does this man know the definition of irony???

"I think two of the great ironies of history will be that there will be a Palestinian state and a democratic Iraq showing the way forward for people who desperately want to be free," the president said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/politics/28prexy.html?hp&ex=1106974800&en=3fb476e5ad0cd03a&ei=5094&partner=homepage

irony: a means of expression which suggests a different, usually humorous or angry, meaning for the words used,
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result

"to prevent these things from happening,"

i think he left that part out.

or is there some other idiot doing it for him?

Irony--like as or as having the qualities of an Iron!

See I do too know what Irony means.

President Bush


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i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies

a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

d. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
e. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
f. Dramatic irony.
g. Socratic irony.

with his every policy proposal not only voted for him, but put their hands over their ears when you try to tell them why they've lost their job or their kids don't have healthcare or (fill in the blank __________).

Personally, I have no sympathy for those kinds of people anymore. None whatsoever. Too bad they're going to suffer, but they gotta learn somehow.