WP: President Says His Iraq Policy Was Failing (until he changed course last week)

[Kadie]

President Says His Iraq Policy Was Failing

By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 17, 2007; Page A14

President Bush said that his Iraq policy was headed to "a slow failure" until he changed course last week with the announcement that he was sending more than 21,000 additional U.S. troops to bolster flagging security in Baghdad.

The comment, perhaps the president's frankest admission that the previous strategy was not working, came during an interview yesterday with Jim Lehrer of PBS's "NewsHour," in which Bush detailed some of his decision-making regarding Iraq.

"I had a choice to make," Bush said. "Do what we're doing -- and one could define that maybe a slow failure. Secondly, withdraw out of Baghdad and hope for the best. I think that would be expedited failure. And thirdly is to help this Iraqi government with additional forces -- help them do what they need to do, which is to provide security in Baghdad."

Bush added: "I chose the latter because I think it's going to more likely be successful."


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601505.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. Cept in fact the MFing idiot DIDN'T "change course".

Is bush too MFing stupid to know this, or is he just again assuming most Americans are too MFing stupid to know this?

[tanyev]

2. He's stayed so many courses I can't keep up with them all.

[illinoisprogressive]

3. if he has not succeeded in 4 years what makes the dofus think he will now.

He's born to screw up everything .

[Cha]

4. And because the Lying Asshole

says so..that makes it so? No, it means bush is still a Lying Asshole and he's still in charge because we have a treasonous fascist media that needs to be Dismantled.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. I am getting "Outrage Atrophy" ...good thing there are over 100K of

us here, so some of us can have some down time and rotate off of the outrage bandwagon for a day or two. The 6 years of failure, outrage, embarrassment, and just plain incompetence are, I believe, designed to wear down any one with decency, intelligence and common sense! After my last two work days, I am checking out for a bit...can't take any more!

[Toucano]

6. Oh, you mean as in a MISERABLE FAILURE

of google bomb lore?