Fox: "Bush: No Troops Out of Iraq Yet" (not until "Mission Accomplished")

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144516,00.html

WASHINGTON — President Bush says the U.S. military will pull out of Iraq (search) "as quickly as possible," but he is not endorsing Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that troops could begin returning home this year.

"The way I would put it is, American troops will be leaving as quickly as possible, but they won't be leaving until we have completed our mission," Bush said in a Washington Post published Sunday.

"And part of the mission is to train Iraqis so they can fight the terrorists. And the sooner the Iraqis are prepared -- better prepared, better equipped to fight -- the sooner our troops will start coming home," Bush said.

Powell told National Public Radio last week that he believes Americans could begin leaving Iraq this year as the Iraqis take on a larger security role. Powell, in his final days as the government's chief diplomat, said he could not give a timeline when all the troops will be home.

[Dr.Phool]

1. I thought we accomplished our mission

like, 19 months ago.

[buddysmellgood]

2. Until when? Until what happens? What'd he say? Not until our Mission...huh

Mission Acc..what. I wish he would just come out and say it.

[buddysmellgood]

3. I wish we could unfurl those two pictures together on a massive banner

at the inaugaration. I there a building on the route we could hang them from. That would be powerful.

[kentuck]

4. The third time he has changed his story in 3 days !

What a flip-flopper! Which is it, Dubya?

[Contrary1]

5. I'm guessing that the troops will start

coming back from Iraq about 30 days before the US invades Iran.