Iraq
The Price of Security
“Our priority is to protect the American people,” said President Bush to reporters as he unveiled his administration’s $2.9 trillion 2008 budget proposal. “And our priority is to make sure our troops have what it takes to do their jobs.”
Yes, in the new Hot War (on terrorism), the nation’s resources must make a dramatic shift [...]
The Big Surge
President Bush will address the nation tonight in order to
achieve the lofty goal of garnering support for the big “surgeâ€;
his latest role of the dice that is intended to establish order on
the streets of Baghdad.
Mr. Bush’s new plan calls for an increase of 20,000 U.S. troops
to be deployed in Baghdad for a period lasting six [...]
From Kool-Aid to Acid
I’ll take the fruit salad please, just remove the cruddy looking,
dried up pieces that are hard to swallow. The toughest looking
pieces in the Baker-Hamilton salad are the ones representing
discussions with Iran and Syria.
As president Bush rambled on about the US not succeeding as
quickly as he hoped, and while he mentioned that progress is [...]
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