Bush's mission implausible

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http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GF30Ak01.html

> June 30, 2005
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> Bush's mission implausible
> By Ian Williams
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> For several years after September 11, 2001, President George W Bush's major pronouncements were often made in military bases in front of serried uniformed ranks unlikely to heckle or catcall. On each occasion he usually wore some military garb, giving rise to the quip that he was seen in uniform more often than Fidel Castro.
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> So it was surprising and not very astute for him to give a major policy speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Tuesday night. The base is named after a Confederate general and a year ago claimed to have assembled a "team to capture deserters". On this occasion at least, the president eschewed any visible item of military uniform.
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> However, the martial background of Fort Bragg dangerously recalled the best backdrop never to be used in a political campaign –when weeks after the war had started the president landed in full pilot's outfit on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The ship sported a huge banner declaring "Mission Accomplished". By the time of the election, it was of course clear that the declaration was more than a little optimistic. Two years later, it is the last thing he wants to remind people about.........

> The president's advisors say he was offering clarity. There is little sign of it, apart from a depressing endorsement of Rumsfeld's pessimism. He asked himself whether the war was worth it, and answered himself that "it is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country". In contrast, polls show that Americans are dubious about the president, about his motivations for the war and whether it was a good thing.

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1. Bush is delusional

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2. The graphic that goes with the article is worth a look