WP: New Questions Raised About U.S. Resolve in Iraq, 'Road Map' to Peace

[Nambe]

Washington Post

CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 19 -- President Bush was on the front nine of the Ridgewood Country Club's golf course when the call came from his national security adviser telling him a truck bomb had hit U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.

The bucolic setting in which Bush received the grim news served as a symbolic reminder to the president: There is no escape from Middle East violence. Bush cut his golf game short and returned to his ranch -- where, in the afternoon, he received word of a second bombing, this one on a Jerusalem bus.

In contrast to the Bush administration's studied calm, Bush's opponents raised alarms today about the president's policies. Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), a presidential candidate, suggested that the Baghdad bombing might have been avoided "had the president pursued the war on terrorism prior to initiating military action against Saddam Hussein."

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), another Bush challenger, issued a statement saying that the Bush administration should "reassess" its Iraq policy. "It is becoming increasingly clear each day that the administration misread the situation on the ground in Iraq," he said.

Middle East combatants, meanwhile, issued ominous warnings that the Jerusalem bus bombing could mean the end of the U.S. peace plan. An Israeli diplomat said the "whole road map" is in danger of failing if the Palestinian Authority cannot crack down immediately on terrorist groups. -

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[disgruntella]

1. that is a sweet quote from graham

And Kerry too - go Dems!

On a more serious note -- what the f* is it going to take to get Bush to cut his vacation short? Blackouts, bombings, the daily death toll in Iraq... how anyone can defend this man as a "leader" is beyond me.

[VolcanoJen]

2. KICK!!!!!!!!!!

:dem:

[intheozone]

3. Soooo, pResident Bring'emon gets the news

on the front 9 but continues to play through to the 12th hole? :eyes:

Hey, I thought golf was a real mind game, ya' know, requires a lot of focus and concentration! (so the golfers tell me). Well, then chimp must not have had much on his mind but golf if he was able to keep playing!

Hell, sounds like grounds for impeachment to me!!!!!!

Impeach the fucker and his followers, NOW! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[yellowcanine]

4. Hmm, seems as if the war critics were right.

How many times was the UN mission in Baghdad attacked before the U.S. invaded? Isn't this exactly what the war critics said would happen? Quick "victory" followed by quagmire and INCREASED terrorism. The general who said it would take in excess of 200,000 troops to pacify Iraq was quietly "retired" by Rummy.

No WMDs.
Lies about war justification being exposed in Britain and U.S.
Saddam still on the loose.
Osama still on the loose.
More terror attacks and alerts.

When does Bush get held accountable by the Democrats, the U.S. Media, and the Republicans in Congress?
When will our national nightmare be over?

[ignatius]

5. Not just a national nightmare.

the Bushitas are a pox on the entire world.