WP: Patience on Iraq Policies Urged

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Bush Aides Defend Troop and Aid Levels

By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, August 26, 2003; Page A01

CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 25 -- President Bush's advisers launched a campaign today to build public patience for the administration's Iraq policies, responding to mounting criticism by arguing that there is no need for more troops to counter swelling violence in the U.S.-occupied country.

Kicking off a coordinated effort to defend Bush's handling of the Iraq occupation, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice broadly rebutted complaints from those on the political right and left who say the administration has not committed sufficient troops and money to convert Iraq to peace and democracy. Bush, vacationing on his ranch here while his aides spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in nearby San Antonio, is likely to expand on the defense in a speech on Iraq in St. Louis on Tuesday.

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The complaints from Democrats have been matched by similar criticism from conservatives who supported Bush's handling of the war. A day after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for at least another division of U.S. troops in Iraq -- that would add 20,000 to the approximately 136,000 there -- two influential conservatives accused the administration today of a "baffling" failure "to commit resources to the rebuilding of Iraq."

"While it is indeed possible that, with a little luck, the United States can muddle through to success in Iraq over the coming months, the danger is that the resources the administration is devoting to Iraq right now are insufficient, and the speed with which they are being deployed is insufficiently urgent," Robert Kagan and William Kristol wrote in the new issue of the Weekly Standard. "These failings, if not corrected soon, could over time lead to disaster."

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[FlashHarry]

1. Just like the 'patience' we showed the weapons inspectors?

more hypocritical bullsh*t from BushCo

[teryang]

2. Kagan and Kristol?????

Give me a break. The know it all, world dominating neo-con spokesmen of the Iraqi conquest? Please. YOU FUCKED UP. YOU HAVE NO CREDIBILITY.

There is no saving yourselves. Send more troops-have more casualties and become more unpopular. Don't send more troops- have more casualties and become more unpopular. Extremist ideologues on the horns of a dilemna they zealously created themselves. Twist in the wind.

[Patriot_Spear]

3. I guess it'll take a Black Wall in DC...

...before it's okay to question the body-bag administration over Bush's* war.

[Neutrino]

4. So many more Iraqis to slaughter, so little time.

In the news this morning, killing from the air added to killing on
land--no differentiation--just mow 'em down. By God we'll show 'em.
Sickening.

[dArKeR]

5. Send the Bush twins to the front lines and let's see what happens.

Send Delay's, Gingrich's, Perle's, Hastert's, Lott's, Rove's, Cheney's, Rumsfeld's and all the CEO defense contractors' children. Let's see how long the butchering continues.

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