Bush Brushes Aside Republican Dissent on Iraq

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/Reuters: Bush Brushes Aside Republican Dissent on Iraq
By REUTERS
Published: July 10, 2007

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday brushed aside the criticism of fellow Republicans over Iraq and demanded the U.S. Congress allow his troop buildup more time to work.

Bush ruled out an immediate change in strategy, even though prominent Republican lawmakers like Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar have broken ranks and called for him to shift course on Iraq.

Defiant in the face of a frustrated American public and Congress, Bush said the 28,000 additional troops he ordered into Iraq have not been in place long enough to gauge results because the final wave arrived only last month.

The president defended his policy before the release as early as on Thursday of an interim report expected to show mixed progress by the Iraqi government in meeting U.S. security and political benchmarks. The report, due by Sunday, is bound to fuel further debate about the war.

"We just started," Bush told a business group in Cleveland. He asked Congress to wait for a report due in September from Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, about the results of the troop increase....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iraq-usa.html

[SoonerPride]

1. Of course he did. He's the decider. No one else's opinion matters.

Duh.

He's the fucking emperor. Remember?

[aquart]

2. No, he WANTS to be emperor. Like Caesar.

Whatever happened to him?

[frogcycle]

3. I think Brutus Luger had something to do with it...

[DeepModem Mom]

4. That's good! nt

[three tears]

5. poor bush, even poorer veterans

I feel very sorry for Bush. There is no easy solution for the absolute mess he has blindly lead/dragged kicking and screaming us into, and his poor brain must be leaking out of his ears at this point trying to deal with the implosion in Iraq.

One issue I feel we could make use of in our quest to end this mess is the fact that we will be dealing with the aftermath of this war for at least 50 years, in the form of all the poor kids coming home missing limbs and with PTSD (which is just as long lasting as a missing limb). Needless to say any person with half a heart and a pinch of brains would say that these people should be supported in comfort for the rest of their lives. That is the least we can do for them. As the "surge" progresses and the longer this war lasts the more of these people we will have and the more longterm money we will have to spend. If politicians had to think about that on a daily basis I'll bet they would decide in a hurry this war is so very not worth it.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Thanks for posting, three tears. Welcome to DU!