Condi: focus on "quiet process that's going on" in Iraq, not body count

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_9

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that Bush will stress the need for patience as Iraq moves toward establishing a permanent democratic government. She acknowledged that continuing insurgent violence and the loss of life makes it hard for Americans "to focus on the quiet process that's going on in Iraq of building a political consensus toward a stable and democratic Iraq."

"I know it's difficult and the president will acknowledge that," Rice said on NBC's "Today" show. "But the United States has been through difficult times before to come out on the other side with a more stable world."

Although attacks frequently take the lives of American troops, Bush has said they will not leave until Iraqi security forces are trained and equipped to keep the peace. He has refused to give a timetable for troop withdrawal, even though some Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress are supporting a resolution that calls for Bush to start bringing them home by Oct. 1, 2006.

"The key to success in Iraq is for the Iraqis to be able and capable of defending their democracy against terrorists," Bush said Monday, then turned to what has been the signature achievement of the conflict that began in Baghdad more than two years ago. "Parallel with the security track is a political track. Obviously, the political track has made progress this year when 8 million people went to the polls and voted."

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[Roland99]

3. Couldn't agree more.

[flordehinojos]

2. don't smell the flatulent air...pretend it is just roses.

[Roland99]

4. I guess "difficult times" is the new "hard work"?

[indepat]

5. Making the world more stable is what neocons do best

[undeterred]

6. we can't hear the quiet process because of all the screaming

and sobbing and explosions...

[Imagevision]

7. Condi Rice? Failed National Security Advisor nothing more...

[Vickers]

8. Condi, you idiot, we have US troops over there NOW, who enlisted

AFTER the "Mission Accomplished" photo op.

Why have you not been able to train Iraqis to defend their own country in that time?

Or are the "insurgents" doing that?