Bush actively soliciting ideas and proposals about a course correction in Iraq

[dajoki]

LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-usiraq4dec04,0,7063330.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Rumsfeld memo was part of Bush plan, officials say
One advisor calls the outgoing Defense secretary's note 'a sort of laundry list of ideas.'

By Josh Meyer, Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2006

WASHINGTON — President Bush has been actively soliciting ideas and proposals about a course correction in Iraq from an array of senior aides, congressional and military leaders, Iraqi officials and others, and plans to announce a "new way forward" soon, senior administration officials said Sunday.

National security advisor Stephen Hadley and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad sought to portray Bush's actions as a bold leadership step, not a reaction to calls for a change in strategy by the Iraq Study Group, congressional Democrats and even his own outgoing Defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld.

They said an internal Rumsfeld memo proposing major changes in Iraq policy that surfaced publicly Saturday was actually part of that initiative, not an admission of failure or a reflection of dissension.

"The president had asked agencies to begin a review of our policy in Iraq, and what Secretary Rumsfeld did, I think, very helpfully, was put together a sort of laundry list of ideas that ought to be considered," Hadley told ABC's "This Week."

"We have to make some changes," he said. "We need a new way forward in Iraq, and that's what this policy review is all about."

[no_hypocrisy]

1. * reminds me of my dad.

He'll call up to ask what you would prefer to eat for Christmas dinner, you'll tell him, and then he'll give you whatever he had intended from the getgo.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Might I suggest Mr. President that you and the Vice President ...

go quail hunting together. Hopefully things will work themselves out.

[AlinPA]

3. He will do whatever Karl Rove tells him; something politically inspired.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. so, what are his dog and wife telling him, anyway?

[calimary]

5. Seems more like he's actively soliciting the "right" ideas - feedback

from somebody, anybody, who'll rubberstamp him and say he's doing the correct thing and making all the best decisions. This boy is never interested in anything but positive reinforcement. He has no interest in somebody else's ideas - especially if they're in any way different from his. The fact that he's still "actively soliciting" means he hasn't found anything yet.

george, take a hint. You've run out of yes-men and yes-women. The only place you'll find 'em is under your own nose.

[dajoki]

6. "We need a new way forward in Iraq"

What an understatement!!