On this, the four year anniversary of the War on Terrorism in Iraq, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was pensive and respectful during the morning’s press briefing. And by ‘pensive and respectful,’ I mean ‘acted like a mad 12-year-old or an overly defensive blogger.’

Here’s what CNN’s Ed Henry had to say about his exchange with Snow (via Think Progress):

The President will talk about what the White House is terming a recipe for defeat, the Democratic effort on Capitol Hill to attach restrictions to some of that funding for the war in Iraq, basically calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, at least the beginning of that withdrawal.

Snow said it would “provide victory for the enemy.” When I pressed Tony Snow, and since he’s calling flatly the Democratic plan a recipe for defeat, I asked him, four years later, what is the recipe for success? Tony Snow tried to turn it around on me … and said, well what’s your recipe for success? How do you define it?

And when I pointed out to him that that was inappropriate for me to answer that — it’s not up for me about what the recipe for success is, what is the President’s recipe for success? — Tony felt I was interrupting him and said, “Zip it.”

Two disturbing things. The fact that the White House is basically asking a reporter what he would do about the war, and the fact that Snow still thinks Dr. Evil is cool.