Operation PR made it to the Gaggle

I'm not alone in my suspicions of Operation PR going on in Iraq today. I came across this excerpt from McClellan's press briefing today over at First Draft.

Q Scott, can I ask you a question about this operation underway in Iraq? Does the President think that an offensive like this, high profile, is necessary, in part to turn public opinion around in this country about the war? (And it goes back and forth for awhile with no answer. On to a different questioner.)

Q May I ask you about the timing of the operation in Iraq today? The 101st released a press release calling it the biggest air assault since the invasion on the very same day that the White House released the National Security Strategy, and Hadley gives this major speech. Is there any coordination whatsoever?

We also get the flashback question bloggers have been asking for years.

Q Scott, May 1, 2003, President Bush stood in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner, and announced that major combat operations in Iraq had been completed. In light of the scale and the scope of today's air assault, is that still the case, or are we in a new phase in Iraq?

It seems the media have now officially recognized that the Iraq War is unpopular and have switched sides. Unfortunately, that's not likely a permanent condition, but it should be fun for awhile.

Isn't it about time for another Bush press conference? Heh. heh. heh.