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| Bush says Iraq war is no mistake | |
| 2006-09-27 | |
| (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he "strongly disagrees" that Iraq war was a mistake and it is wrong to think the Iraq war has worsened terrorism. According to a national intelligence assessment report by the Bush administration and leaked to the media, the threat of terrorism has become worse since the Sept. 11 terror attacks due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Some people have guessed what's in the report and concluded that going into Iraq was a mistake. I strongly disagree," Bush said at a press conference with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "I think it's a mistake for people to believe that going on the offense against people that want to do harm to the American people makes us less safe," he said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I know we'd all feel better if the villian were named but really is it that important? Everyone in the West is pretty clear on who is the problem and it gives a bit of wiggle-room to the less violent Muslims to come on over to the winning team rather than side with, and die with, the seething hordes. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-09-27 16:02 |
| #7 Iraq war was no mistake but failure to name the enemy in the WoT properly is still a mistake. That hateful ideology is still islam although some of its born (and forced to remain) adherents themselves may privately have different ideals about life but ineffectually. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-27 15:44 |
| #6 P.S. Rumsfeld's really stupid, isn't he ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-09-27 13:53 |
| #5 Obviously, there are 2 kinds of Iraqis. Those who want a chance at freedom, and those who are willing to kill and die for (Allan, Baathist, tribal whatever, hate mericans, all of de above). When the latter realizes that the former is by far the majority, and they are becoming very powerful, then this experiment enters phaze 2. Till then, America's military is becoming smarter and smarter tactics wise, and war experienced, which reduces casualties while kicking asses. Iran is going to look pretty simple when we have 140,000 experienced Americans and 300,000 experienced Iraqis on their border. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-09-27 13:52 |
| #4 Jihadi are coming to Iraq and we are killing them in large numbers, and Iraq may actually develop Democracy despite the bloodshed. I'd say things are working according to plan even if the Democracy doesn't happen I'd call it a success if we don' thave to invade Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Iran to get them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-09-27 13:43 |
| #3 You mean like 'democratizing' the former British colonies in North America when blacks, women, non-landowning males were excluded from participation? Or the political cleansing that followed as 10s of thousands of crown loyalists were greatly encouraged to depart their property and home for 'friendlier' locations? How many people of the period really thought it was going to last long? How many Europeans were surprised when Washington freely gave up power? Why do so many people use perfection as a standard and anything less as failure? I do recall something Bush said about this whole thing was going to be long and difficult, regardless of the 'newspeak' coughed up by the Donks and moonbats. |
| Posted by: Glerong Unock6380 2006-09-27 08:46 |
| #2 The subsequent attempt to democratize Iraq, however... |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-27 05:17 |
| #1 But he's not foaming at the mouth when he says it, so he must be wrong. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-27 02:10 |