During the meeting, Edwards stressed the need for economic reforms and infrastructure improvements in Iraq, plus a need for the Iraqi government to do “far more to earn the respect of its own people by clamping down on militia and sectarian violence. . .”
Edwards told Bush he had hoped the initiatives could be carried out without hiking U.S. troop numbers, “but if you are going to make that decision, you should send whatever number you believe is right, not a watered-down compromise number, because this could be the last real chance to win Americans’ support for a strategy to stabilize Iraq.”
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/01/06/01062007wacedwardsandbush.htmlI wish the people of Waco had an honest choice instead of Republican and Republican-Lite.