Staying the Course, Without Choice

[kskiska]

Iraqis Are Only Option for Security

Three days of rocket attacks and car bombings in and around Baghdad, the bloodiest anti-U.S. assaults since the conventional war ended in April, have not changed the Bush administration's strategy for winning the peace in Iraq.

Rather, the attacks intensified the officials' determination to pursue the two-part "Iraqification" approach they have emphasized since midsummer: Rely increasingly on Iraqi police and soldiers to provide security; and move U.S. troops more to the background, where they can be poised to conduct raids and other concentrated attacks on resistance fighters.

"The strategy remains the same," President Bush told reporters yesterday.

What the president did not say is that this is really the only approach open to the U.S.-led coalition right now. The two major alternatives to this plan essentially been have been considered and rejected.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31534-2003Oct28.html

[Scott Lee]

1. Like a recurring nightmare

When I read that lying son of a bitch war criminal actually used the term "stay the course" to describe his intent on Iraq, I wanted to puke right on my keyboard.

Shit. This is like a redux of GHWB, with the same catch phrases - only much much worse.

[whyaduck]

4. Yes

Now all we need is to hear him say "A thousand points of light" at the next press conference and the redux nightmare will be complete.

[kskiska]

2. Kick!

:kick:

The outlook is pretty gloomy here for *, especially approaching an election year.

[teryang]

3. Iraqification? What a novel notion.

Sound like anything we've heard before?

Winning the peace? It's a war folks, stop calling it peace.

[bluedog]

5. His Campaign Mantra

"I will defend my record at the appropriate time, and look forward to it," Bush said. "I'll say that the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and America is more secure."


snip

Bush said, however, he looks forward to defending his record when the time comes, especially on Iraq (news - web sites), which dominated his 48-minute news conference.


yesterdays speech......This is what the bush campaign is going to run on.....


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush