White House Iraq View Often at Odds With Others

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGALLOJXTKD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has accused nameless "revisionist historians" of seeking to undermine him on Iraq by rewriting the course of events. But he and his top advisers have offered some revisions of their own.

Administration officials, for instance, offer repeated upbeat progress reports on Iraq even in the face of rising American casualties, growing costs and more frequent acts of sabotage. They continue to talk about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, even though none has been found.

They defend stationing 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and the request to Congress for $87 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan - even though the troop size and reconstruction costs far exceed what officials previously said were needed.

Bush, meanwhile, continues to make light of the fact that countries such as France, Germany, Russia, India and Turkey have given a chilly reaction to his request for more U.N. peacekeeping help.

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[wryter2000]

1. Someone ought to start up an Earth to Bush thread for funny headlines

This one would make the list.

[Brucey]

2. More and more evidence that Chimp & Co. are crumbling.

The slow learners of the world are starting to catch on. If only the voting machines and election procedures weren't rigged, this would be soooo easy!

[Cha]

4. We're still gonna do it and it has been quite the challenge!

We the People are going to beat the corporate whores who will do anything for power and money.

[ChompySnack]

3. It's often at odds with reality

Those guys are like the dog chasing a car and finally catching it.

Duhhh. What do we do now?

[DrBB]

5. I think that is the politest way of saying "White House Lies" so far

...that I have ever seen. And it's a pretty crowded field.