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Bush adding 21,500 troops to Iraq force - LIVE thread- speech 9pm EST
Yahoo/AP ^ | 1-10-07 | TerenceHunt

Posted on 01/10/2007 2:30:20 PM PST by STARWISE

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To: Howlin

FNC reporting Gates plans to grow/call the number of active duty troops tomorrow


961 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:08 PM PST by Mo1 (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC AND DONATE)
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To: Dog

might be a good counter play, maybe some here can register at DU and fan the flames for that.


962 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:08 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Howlin
Not yet.. Good woman, not yet. Faith. GWB, our troops will persevere.
963 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:13 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: Peach

Sec. of Defense Gates will announce tomorrow morning that he has a plan to increase the Army and Marine troops.

Also plans to speed up the deployment of new Army and Marine troops to Iraq.


964 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:20 PM PST by Txsleuth (FREEPATHON TIME-Please become a monthly donor, or Dollar a Day donor.)
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To: syriacus

Hey..Sec Dfense Gates is going to increase army and Marines!!!!!!


965 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:21 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (There are no moderate Mooslims !)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

He looked tired. I think you heard the weariness in him. He needs our prayers more than ever.


966 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:24 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: Howlin
You must have missed Barak Obama (BO) on LKL just now.

Though I don't agree with him, this guy is one smooth talking operator and holds his own...Edwards followed and sounds dull and boring after BO..

Hillary should be afraid..

sw

967 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:26 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife ("One Nation, One Standard")
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To: jwalsh07

Yes, Iraq needs some Republican Guard units as it were, who are effective and movtivated. They need a lot of those professional Sunni officers back in the saddle. I doubt such units exist, or are likely to exist, but yes, we must hope.


968 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:27 PM PST by Torie
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To: Mo1

Presser just ended .. said it's about time that the President tells the Iraqi PM to take a stand


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I guess Turban did not hear the news that President Bush was on the phone with PM Maliki for an hour and forty minutes last week. I doubt if they were trading recipes or golf scores.


969 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:29 PM PST by maica (America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
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To: txradioguy

They do? What about some of their religious leaders? What about the Sunni? What about the Shites?


970 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:34 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: onyx
It seemed to me that he was determined to not come across as a "cowboy." Very low key and matter of fact about what will happen.

His delivery was muted, but his words were not. Probably more shock and awe ahead than anyone suspects tonight.

971 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:43 PM PST by varina davis
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To: onyx

Yes, I give him points on his support on the WOT


972 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:45 PM PST by SoCalPol (We Need A Border Fence Now)
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To: Miss Didi

From an AP article on FR now:

Iraq's prime minister has told Shiite militiamen to surrender their arms or face an all-out assault by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, senior Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as President Bush said he will commit an additional 21,500 American combat troops to the war. Under pressure from the U.S., Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to crack down on fighters controlled by his most powerful political ally, Muqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shiite cleric, according to officials. Previously, al-Maliki had resisted the move. "Prime Minister al-Maliki has told everyone that there will be no escape from attack," said a senior Shiite legislator.


973 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:46 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: furquhart

Breaking on FNC: Tomorrow morning, Defense Secretary Gates will announce a significant increase in the end strength of the U.S. Army and Marines. Pretty good idea.


974 posted on 01/10/2007 6:42:50 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Mo1

Huh?


975 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:02 PM PST by Dog (DEMS--- 5 day work week..............errr...nevermind....100 hours...starting...soon .....MAYBE)
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To: cardinal4

I travel a lot myself and I see few passengers watching CNN in the airports :)


976 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:08 PM PST by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Mo1

I actually agree with McCain this time!


977 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:12 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Take Back the House and Senate in 2008)
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To: txradioguy
the real majority of this country still want us to win over there

YOU BET WE DO!!

978 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:31 PM PST by Fudd Fan (Liberal RATs will get us all killed.)
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To: STARWISE
Fox News Web-page Headlines,

"Bush Sets Course for 'Different Victory' in Iraq"

I didn't hear him say a "different victory", did anyone else?
979 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:35 PM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: Doohickey
Our President needs to return to be being proactive rather than reactive

I agree. Historic opportunities have been missed the last three years because after the race to Baghdad we became tentative and cautious and pulled our punches rather than keep the momentum rolling. Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, even Iran, all would look very different today if we had had the courage to take the tide of the affairs of men at the flood.

980 posted on 01/10/2007 6:43:36 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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