War without end WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the same day the New
York Times reported that the compromise on how to govern Iraqi oil fields,
one of the most significant political reconciliation issues facing the
Iraqi government, is collapsing, and just two days after General Petraeus
reported that he doesn't know if our continued presence in Iraq is making
America safer, President Bush is scheduled to speak on the Iraq war.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following
statement in anticipation of President Bush's speech in which he is
expected to announce that he will continue the troop surge until next year
and only return to pre-surge troop levels by the middle of 2008:
"The President's speech tonight offers a war without end. It is a PR
stunt to buy more time for a stay the course strategy in Iraq that simply
hasn't worked. There's a reason two-thirds of Americans want a troop
decrease in Iraq: our brave troops have done everything that's been asked
of them, but they cannot solve Iraq's political problems. Now they are
hostage to the failure of our civilian leadership to present a thoughtful
plan to bring them home.
"It is long past time for the President to acknowledge the realities on
the ground in Iraq and for Bush Republicans in Congress to stop standing
behind the President and start standing up for the American people instead.
Republicans urged the American people all along to wait till September
before changing course. Well it's September, and it's time to do just
that."
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