Bush resolute in face of Iraq death toll

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON - President Bush pledged Monday to ensure “an outcome that will merit the sacrifice” of those who have died in Iraq, offering both sympathy and resolve as the U.S. death toll in the five-year war hit 4,000.

“One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, ‘Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve because they laid the foundation for peace for generations to come,’ “ Bush said at the State Department after a two-hour briefing on U.S. diplomatic strategy around the world. “I vow so long as I am president to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain.”

The president received another two-hour briefing earlier Monday at the White House on Iraq, this one from Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, via secure video hookup from Baghdad. Petraeus and Crocker are due to testify on Capitol Hill on April 8-9.

“On this day of reflection, I offer our deepest sympathies to their families,” the president said. “I hope their families know that citizens pray for their comfort and their strength, whether they were the first one who lost their life in Iraq or recently lost their life in Iraq.”

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The remains of Army Cpl. Christopher John-Lee West, one of the 4,000 U.S. service members killed in Iraq, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery in February.

[Lasher]

1. Bush stubborn despite Iraq death toll.

Title needed some clarification.

[daleo]

2. Easy for him to be resolute

His kids are alive and well.

[kimmylavin]

3. Can you say DELUSIONAL?

The only "God thanking" people are going to be doing about this administration is when its over.

As for that foundation of peace... does it count if you take a shaky foundation, reduce it to rubble, strip mine the dirt under it, and then wait for another contractor to come in and fix it?

[George II]

4. President Bush pledged Monday to ensure “an outcome that will merit the sacrifice”

Unfortunately he refused to tell us what that outcome is! Most likely because he hasn't figured out what that outcome might be.

Pathetic, truly pathetic.