Thursday, December 01, 2005

Bush's Bogus "Plan" for Iraq:Same Old Same Old

The NYTimes succinctly sums up Bush's plan for Iraq: Plan: We Win: "Bush traveled 32 miles from the WH to the Naval Academy and spoke to yet another of the well-behaved, uniformed audiences that have screened him from the rest of America lately. The address was accompanied by a voluminous handout entitled "Natl Strategy for Victory in Iraq," which the WH grandly calls the newly declassified version of the plan that has been driving the war. If there was something secret about that plan, we can't figure out what it was. The document, and Bush's speech, were almost entirely a rehash of the same tired argument that everything's going just fine. Bush also offered the usual false choice between sticking to his policy and beating a hasty and cowardly retreat. MSNBC delivers a mighty reality check on Bush's speech, too: "Bush’s view of Iraq doesn’t square with reality b/c Iraq’s capabilities and American support fall short of confident assessments." Bush declared, "The terrorists have made it clear that Iraq is the central front in their war against humanity. And so we must recognize Iraq as the central front in the war on terror." Iraq was not, however, the terrorists’ chosen battlefield until Saddam was defeated and extremists poured across unsecured borders. Who does Bush think he's fooling? Rep Murtha? Murtha said on Hardball that all experts tell him it will take 25 yrs for Iraqi forces to be adequately trained. US citizens? US citizens are so against this war that they are stopping Bush's travel caravan in it's tracks to protest and let the prez know how they feel about this war. Iraq war vets? Iraq war vet Paul Hackett asks some serious questions of Bush b/c he's not buying what Bush is selling. Think Progress calls Bush out on his spin: the Bush administration released what it calls a "Natl Strategy for Victory in Iraq." The problem is, it’s not a new strategy for success in Iraq; it’s a PR document, and unfortunately, it is little more than an extended justification for a President "determined to stay his course." And as we stay the course on a war that never ever should have been, the human & financial bloodletting continues.
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