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**StethyEntinic** · 01-17-2007, 05:12 PM

GOP faces tough vote on Bush's war plan - Yahoo! News

Bush has been trying to sell his revised war plan to the public in a series of television interviews. He told PBS's Jim Lehrer in an interview broadcast Tuesday that keeping his old policies in place would lead to "a slow failure," but withdrawing from Iraq, as some Democrats and other critics suggest, would result in an "expedited failure."

"I am frustrated with the progress," Bush said. "A year ago, I felt pretty good about the situation. I felt like we were achieving our objective, which is a country that can govern, sustain and defend itself. No question, 2006 was a lousy year for Iraq."

Bush also said that the unruly execution of Saddam Hussein "looked like it was kind of a revenge killing," making it harder to persuade a skeptical U.S. public that Iraq's government will keep promises central to Bush's plan for a troop increase.

In his toughest assessment yet, Bush criticized the circumstances of Saddam's hanging last month, as well as Monday's execution of two top aides, including Saddam's half brother.

"I was disappointed and felt like they fumbled the — particularly the Saddam Hussein execution," the president said.

In spite of Bush's efforts to gain support, several GOP members are offering only tepid endorsements of his plan, as well as a wait-and-see approach to the Democratic resolution.

Well, he tried stealing your Grandma and Grandpa's Social Security, defiling FDR's Social Security Act of 1935, he's privatized education with his "No Child Left" bullshit, now he is still insistent on sending our nation's children to the Iraq Slaughter House. How much can this guy get away with? Let's hope he is put to a stop and both parties join together for once and agree that this troop surge is disaster upon disaster. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

01-17-2007, 05:12 PM	#1
StethyEntinic Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	Bush's Failing Plan GOP faces tough vote on Bush's war plan - Yahoo! News Bush has been trying to sell his revised war plan to the public in a series of television interviews. He told PBS's Jim Lehrer in an interview broadcast Tuesday that keeping his old policies in place would lead to "a slow failure," but withdrawing from Iraq, as some Democrats and other critics suggest, would result in an "expedited failure." "I am frustrated with the progress," Bush said. "A year ago, I felt pretty good about the situation. I felt like we were achieving our objective, which is a country that can govern, sustain and defend itself. No question, 2006 was a lousy year for Iraq." Bush also said that the unruly execution of Saddam Hussein "looked like it was kind of a revenge killing," making it harder to persuade a skeptical U.S. public that Iraq's government will keep promises central to Bush's plan for a troop increase. In his toughest assessment yet, Bush criticized the circumstances of Saddam's hanging last month, as well as Monday's execution of two top aides, including Saddam's half brother. "I was disappointed and felt like they fumbled the — particularly the Saddam Hussein execution," the president said. In spite of Bush's efforts to gain support, several GOP members are offering only tepid endorsements of his plan, as well as a wait-and-see approach to the Democratic resolution. Well, he tried stealing your Grandma and Grandpa's Social Security, defiling FDR's Social Security Act of 1935, he's privatized education with his "No Child Left" bullshit, now he is still insistent on sending our nation's children to the Iraq Slaughter House. How much can this guy get away with? Let's hope he is put to a stop and both parties join together for once and agree that this troop surge is disaster upon disaster. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...
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