Bush revises assessment: War in Iraq not over ?

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http://www.antiwar.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11485-2003Aug18.html?referrer=emailarticle

Bush Revises Views On 'Combat' in Iraq
'Major Operations' Over, President Says
By Dana Milbank and Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 19, 2003; Page A15
President Bush, revising his earlier characterization of the fighting in Iraq, said in an interview released yesterday that combat operations are still underway in that country.
In an interview with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service given on Thursday and released by the White House yesterday, Bush interrupted the questioner when asked about his announcement on May 1 of, as the journalist put it, "the end of combat operations."
"Actually, major military operations," Bush replied. "Because we still have combat operations going on." Bush added: "It's a different kind of combat mission, but, nevertheless, it's combat, just ask the kids that are over there killing and being shot at."
In his May 1 speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Bush declared: "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country." The headline on the White House site above Bush's May 1 speech is "President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended."
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[Snellius]

1. "Ask the kids that are over there killing and being shot at."?

I guess we can't really ask the ones over there that are killed.

[Parche]

2. MORON

FOUR!!!!


How many holes did the grape ape play today??

[Rose Siding]

3. dupe- here's a link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=72033&mesg_id=72033