WP: Bush Defends Strategy In Iraq, Pledges to 'Complete the Mission'

[Fire Walk With Me]

President Bush said yesterday that "cold-blooded" killers will fail in their attempt to drive the United States out of Iraq prematurely, as he defended the administration's war strategy and its policies for secretly detaining hundreds of alleged terrorists around the world.

After meeting with two leaders of the European Union at the White House, Bush told reporters he regrets the mounting loss of life in Iraq but has no plans to change the U.S. policy for securing Iraq, training a new Iraqi military and staying as long as necessary to prevail. A growing number of lawmakers and military experts are predicting it will be at least two years before Bush can significantly reduce the number of U.S. troops, currently about 140,000. Some lawmakers, including Republicans who supported the war, have proposed setting a timetable to begin pulling out by this fall.

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("Complete the mission" equates to his statement: "we will spend what is necessary") Sorry, couldn't resist.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/a/024563.htm

[mcctatas]

1. Gee, I wonder if all of those people who admired his "resolve" in

'04 but question the war now still think having an irrationally stubborn asswipe in the office is still such a great idea.:puke:

[Erika]

2. Let him send the twins, Nicole, and George P

Oh they have other priorities. Then let him check www.icasualties.org to the kids who enlisted in hopes of earning money for college.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. It's abundantly clear the mission is a failure

and it's just a matter of time before they are forced out either because of deaths or depleted treasury.

[IndianaGreen]

4. At a minimum, the killings will go on until early 2009

and that's assuming the GOP is defeated in November 2008. How high will the deathtoll be by then?

[Casandra]

5. Huh?

Excuse my ignorance, but WHAT IS THE MISSION? Never did find this out!

[magellan]

10. It depends on what day it is

And who within the administration you ask.

[anitar1]

6. Things are getting uncomfortable for the * bunch now.

Watch for a terra alert--severe.

[JawJaw]

7. Same Old Same Old

"stay the course
we will prevail
9-11
stay the course
we will prevail
9-11

etc"

[EFerrari]

8. Polished doublespeak written by a team of hacks

". . . regrets the mounting loss of life in Iraq but has no plans to change the U.S. policy for securing Iraq . . ."

Can't change a plan you never had. Securing Iraq? As if his Mendacity ever gave a damn about securing Iraq.

:puke:

[0007]

9. The "WIll" of the dictator has spoken -

Now it is the turn of the people to speak loud & clear.

Hope is the antithesis of despair.....

[llmart]

11. But I thought he said the Mission was Accomplished???

What a colossal screwup this idiot is.

[truthisfreedom]

12. like a lame duck could complete a 20-year mission. hey george! enlist!

or shut the fuck up!

[Supersedeas]

13. "cold blooded" killers are not like airstrikes with napalm

courage from far far away

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. "..training a new Iraqi military" = Sell them US weaponry for big $$$

AND, the US will have a puppet army in the region. Syria? No problem. Iran? No problem.

That could be part of the "mission".