White House to back Iraq policy on Hill

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



White House to back Iraq policy on Hill

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - As the Senate debates taking a new course in Iraq, President Bush's national security adviser scheduled a meeting with more than a dozen Republican senators in a bid to shore up eroding support for the war.


Stephen Hadley was to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday — one of many such forays in recent days — as the White House finalized a 23-page progress report on Iraq that concludes the government in Baghdad has made little progress in meeting reform goals laid down by Bush and Congress.

Iraq's inability to pass laws considered key to national cohesion and economic recovery or achieve other major milestones has prompted a backlash by Bush's one-time staunch political defenders.

At least 10 Republicans in recent weeks have said the U.S. should start reducing the military's role in Iraq, with the latest challenge to the president's Iraq strategy coming Tuesday from Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

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[wakeme2008]

1. To be a fly on the Wall

:popcorn:

[rodeodance]

2. yes --"Up to 20 GOP senators were invited to the meeting with Hadley to discuss the war."

[rodeodance]

3. "And that's the way I'm going to play it as commander in chief."

Bush said Tuesday he would veto such legislation. He also said he would not rethink his military strategy until at least September, when the top military commander delivers a progress report on the troop buildup.

"That's what the American people expect. They expect for military people to come back and tell us how the military operations are going," Bush said. "And that's the way I'm going to play it as commander in chief."

[Ganja Ninja]

4. I don't think these guys are afraid of losing face in Iraq.

They don't want to pull out of Iraq, not because of what will happen in the aftermath. What I think they're afraid of is a debacle like the Iraqi army had when they pulled out of Kuwait during the first gulf war. I think they are terrified of a scene where an Iraqi highway is littered with the bodies of American troops and their burned out and bombed out vehicles. They are worried that the people will see the tons of military equipment we have to leave behind during the bug-out. They know that such scenes are possible and they don't want the American people to see that before an election. They don't want them to have time to realize the billions of dollars that have been wasted on this fiasco because it would drive a stake through the heart of the GOP.

[liberal N proud]

5. Here it comes - Everyone will suddenly support the bu$h regimes war

All those who have recently expressed their true feelings about the bu$h war will all have second thoughts and will vote in favor to the regime.