Bush To Declare There is a "Clear Path to Victory" in Iraq.
Tonight President Bush is giving a prime-time address on Iraq from Fort Bragg to mark the first anniversary of the so-called handover of power to Iraq. White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said Bush will explain that he sees a "clear path to victory" in Iraq.
In recent days, even fellow Republicans have questioned Bush's war in Iraq. Last week Republican Senator Chuck Hagel said, "Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality. It's like they're just making it up as they go along. The reality is that we're losing in Iraq."
On Sunday Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that it could take twelve years to quell the Iraqi insurgency.
A year ago U.S. and Iraqi officials were hoping the so-called handover of power would help put an end to the bloodshed. When Iyad Allawi took over the interim government he said, "In a few days, Iraq will radiate with stability and security."
Since then 948 U.S. soldiers have died; thousands of Iraqis have been killed; a total of fifty-two senior Iraqi government or religious figures have been assassinated; and the number of Iraqi military and police being killed each month has jumped by fifty percent.
Courtesy of Democracy Now
4 comments:
Are you sure he's not just picking his nose? He's got that nosepicker look to me. I'll bet he just sits there pickin' away while he gloats over the toll of people paying with their lives for his sick, unsuccessfully hidden aggression.
I know, he's brutal.
it's still interesting to see how untouchable men behave in public.
it seems that he has reverted back to some childlike state of existence. kind of like michael jackson in a way. but i won't go there.
I hear ya.
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