Hard Driver
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I would have to say that was a masterful piece of propaganda. It sounded real nice if you just didn't have reality to interfere with Bush's delusions.
First, the whole point of the surge is was to buy time for political progress in Iraq. Bush totally ignored the failure of any significant political progress, instead citing a few tribal councils and an un-agreed upon oil revenue distribution. But by his own definition of the purpose of the surge, we have lost 743 American soldiers lives to achieve naught politically.
Second, this whole "troop reduction" as a "return on Success" is sucha load of BS spin would be laughable if it was not so sad. The fact of the matter is that there is no way to keep the surge going without either extending tours of duries beyond 15 months, after they have already been extended from 12 months. Or sending troops back to Iraq who have been home less than a year. If Bush did either of these things, he knows there would be a massive backlash against him from within the 30% of people who still don't think he is a failure. So he is trying to spin this like he is choosing to do troop reductions... yea right.
Third, his whole " the people who want success vs the people who want troop reductions, now our success with bring these two together" bit is also a joke, when in the same speech he says that Iraq will need an long and enduring troop presence after he leaves office. How is that defined as bring our troops home.. Also, how is that defined as success. If Iraq is to be successful, then it needs to stand on it's own. Yet we are going to need to prop it up with our blood and money for years to come, yet we are also claiming success.
huh?
First, the whole point of the surge is was to buy time for political progress in Iraq. Bush totally ignored the failure of any significant political progress, instead citing a few tribal councils and an un-agreed upon oil revenue distribution. But by his own definition of the purpose of the surge, we have lost 743 American soldiers lives to achieve naught politically.
Second, this whole "troop reduction" as a "return on Success" is sucha load of BS spin would be laughable if it was not so sad. The fact of the matter is that there is no way to keep the surge going without either extending tours of duries beyond 15 months, after they have already been extended from 12 months. Or sending troops back to Iraq who have been home less than a year. If Bush did either of these things, he knows there would be a massive backlash against him from within the 30% of people who still don't think he is a failure. So he is trying to spin this like he is choosing to do troop reductions... yea right.
Third, his whole " the people who want success vs the people who want troop reductions, now our success with bring these two together" bit is also a joke, when in the same speech he says that Iraq will need an long and enduring troop presence after he leaves office. How is that defined as bring our troops home.. Also, how is that defined as success. If Iraq is to be successful, then it needs to stand on it's own. Yet we are going to need to prop it up with our blood and money for years to come, yet we are also claiming success.
huh?
