Post by PintoBean on Mar 18, 2006 15:22:12 GMT -5
OK folks, lets here some views here. We have over 2300 dead American soldiers already, and another 16,000 have been seriously maimed in the far off desert sands of Iraq. Yet, Bush today in his radio address to the nation once again encourages us to stay the course and not give up hope of winning the war. What do you think, is it time for us to fold up our tents and bring our troops home?
Bush: US must resist temptation to leave Iraq
206.190.35.122/s/nm/20060318/pl_nm/iraq_bush_dc;_ylt=A86.I03MahxEsNAApxdZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
By Caren Bohan Sat Mar 18, 11:36 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Americans to resist a temptation to retreat from Iraq but Democrats pressed him to offer a plan for drawing down U.S. troops and warned Iraq was moving closer to a civil war.
On the eve of the third anniversary of the launch of the war, Bush acknowledged setbacks and the prospect of more bloodshed in Iraq, where bodies are piling up amid waves of sectarian violence.
Bush used his weekly radio address to insist that despite "horrific" images in Iraq, progress was being made on the political and military fronts.
More than 2,300 U.S. troops have died since the start of the war, which Bush justified on warnings of a threat from the country's illicit weapons, but no such weapons were found.
Bush's approval ratings have plunged to around 35 percent, the lowest level of his presidency, in part because of anxiety over the war.
"These past three years have tested our resolve. We've seen hard days and setbacks," Bush said. But he said his administration was "fixing what has not worked."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) of California, delivering the Democratic response, said the Bush administration "must show the American people that they do have a strategy to make the long overdue progress needed in Iraq, and show that they are ready to pursue it."
Bush: US must resist temptation to leave Iraq
206.190.35.122/s/nm/20060318/pl_nm/iraq_bush_dc;_ylt=A86.I03MahxEsNAApxdZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
By Caren Bohan Sat Mar 18, 11:36 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Americans to resist a temptation to retreat from Iraq but Democrats pressed him to offer a plan for drawing down U.S. troops and warned Iraq was moving closer to a civil war.
On the eve of the third anniversary of the launch of the war, Bush acknowledged setbacks and the prospect of more bloodshed in Iraq, where bodies are piling up amid waves of sectarian violence.
Bush used his weekly radio address to insist that despite "horrific" images in Iraq, progress was being made on the political and military fronts.
More than 2,300 U.S. troops have died since the start of the war, which Bush justified on warnings of a threat from the country's illicit weapons, but no such weapons were found.
Bush's approval ratings have plunged to around 35 percent, the lowest level of his presidency, in part because of anxiety over the war.
"These past three years have tested our resolve. We've seen hard days and setbacks," Bush said. But he said his administration was "fixing what has not worked."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) of California, delivering the Democratic response, said the Bush administration "must show the American people that they do have a strategy to make the long overdue progress needed in Iraq, and show that they are ready to pursue it."
