Hey, this is what the military is distributing:

[spindrifter]

Bush arrives at UN with policy problems
(Stars and Stripes)
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Bush faced disagreement Monday over how to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions and skepticism about his approach to Iraq and the Middle East as world leaders gathered for the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

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Bush arrived in New York to attend the 61st session of the world body with policy problems at home and abroad that have narrowed his room to maneuver on the international stage.




The U.S.-led war in Iraq is in its fourth year with no end to bloody sectarian violence in sight. International support is dwindling for imposing sanctions against Iran for defying U.N. demands that it halt certain nuclear work. The repressive Taliban regime toppled in Afghanistan is showing new signs of resilience. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues and Lebanon's government has, so far, proved too weak to rein in the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.

At home, Bush's approval rating, while experiencing a recent uptick, stands at just 40 percent. Americans are growing weary of the war. The White House is in a showdown with Senate Republicans over the interrogation and trying of terror suspects. And elections that will determine which party controls Congress are seven weeks away.

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[CarlVK]

1. Stars & Stripes critical of Bush???

My God, the sky has fallen.

[MetaTrope]

2. They've actually had some fairly critical reporting on Bush for years

In my time as a military journalist at the base level, every editor I knew wanted to do some "serious journalism" quite unlike what the MSM has been dishing out for years. Of course, they didn't have much leeway to do so...but at least Stars & Stripes isn't under some base commander's thumb.

[Webster Green]

3. I hope the little asshole brushes up on potty-break protocol for the UN

Will Condi be there to hold his pecker for him when he takes a pee?

[patrice]

4. So what does the compromise with those renegate Republicans

on the torture bill amount to?