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[Kire]

President Tries to Resolve Mixed Signals After Pentagon Remarks

By ANNE E. KORNBLUT
Published: August 12, 2005

CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 11 - Faced with mounting casualties and signs of diminished support for the war, President Bush said Thursday that while the United States was making progress in Iraq, it was too soon to say when the number of American troops could be scaled back.

Speaking in unusually personal terms, forced on him in part by the defiant presence outside his ranch here of the mother of an American soldier killed last year in Baghdad, Mr. Bush said he had considered and rejected calls by some antiwar protesters for an immediate withdrawal.

He also signaled that, despite planning by senior Pentagon officials for a potential troop reduction as early as next spring, he was not certain Iraqis could handle their own security well enough for the United States to begin leaving anytime soon.

Mr. Bush dismissed such talk as "speculation based upon progress that some are seeing in Iraq as to whether or not the Iraqis will be able to take the fight to the enemy."

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Mr. Bush said, "Pulling the troops out now would send a terrible signal to the enemy."

Mr. Bush needs to stop sending any messages to the enemy.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Agreed. He needs to shut up!

[Kire]

2. He's been compromised...

...by his own messages.

[JRob]

3. If the American people send the message... GET OUT OF IRAQ!

What kind of message will that send to Bush's enemy? OH yeah! That the American people want what they want...

and I'm sure that there next move would be to mount an attack against the same people that worked to help them achieve their goal.

The real message (from Bush) is "Pulling the troops out now would send a terrible signal to the American Corporations that have spent billions on me."