The real meaning behind President Bush's speech at MacDill Air Base, and is the US 3rd division running out of food and water?

The purpose of President Bush's speech yesterday at MacDill Air Base in Florida was in many respects no different from the intent of Saddam Hussein's speeches: raise the morale of the troops and general public, paint the enemy as evil, convince the world that everything was going as planned.

But the most telling paragraph in Bush' speech was this:
"Our military is making good progress in Iraq, yet this war is far from over. As they approach Baghdad, our fighting units are facing the most desperate elements of a doomed regime. We cannot know the duration of this war, but we are prepared for the battle ahead. We cannot predict the final day of the Iraqi regime but, I can assure you, and I assure the long-suffering people of Iraq, there will be a day of reckoning for the Iraqi regime, and that day is drawing near."

Let's break it down further:
1. "This war is far from over" -- when do you usually hear things like "this game's not over"? May be in a halftime speech when your team is not doing too well?
2. "Our fighting units are facing the most desperate elements of a doomed regime" -- translation: we're just doing badly because the other guys know they're going to lose
3. "We cannot know the duration of this war" -- read: "I hope this thing is over quick 'cause the election is next year and I am not sure if my brother can pull it off again."
4. "We cannot predict the final day of the Iraqi regime" -- i.e. "I was really counting on that bomb getting Saddam last week. We better kill that Saddam soon or I'm up xxxx's creek."

The Washington Post quotes a US officertoday as saying that although the worst war planning scenarios predicted stiff resistance, “no one took that very seriously.”

The article even reports that the Army 3rd division this week "was alarmingly low on water and was also in danger of running short of food." Moreover, over 100 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters have been "grounded by persistently foul weather or by battle damage from an unsuccessful pre-dawn raid on Monday."

By now, the Anglo-American invading force was supposed to have taken over Basra and most Shi'i dominated areas in Southern Iraq. Not only has that not happened, the invasion force has barely been able to hold on to the tiny port town of Umm Qasr, almost a week after its announced capture. As of yesterday, British brigadier Jim Dutton stated, The roads aren't completely safe. There are still some bad guys out there."