Posted on 08/29/2010 10:11:52 PM PDT by Nachum
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday hailed reductions in violence in Iraq and said he believed Iraqis would resolve the impasse in their attempts to form a coalition government.
"The trend lines have been steadily declining violence. Even after we left the cities, what you've seen is lower and lower levels of violence," Obama said in an interview with NBC News.
"The Iraqi security forces are functioning, at least as well, if not better, than any of us had anticipated."
Obama will deliver a nationally televised speech on Tuesday that will highlight what administration officials say is his fulfillment of a promise to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.
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For once he doesn’t mention George Bush.
Indeed. Truly pathetic.
That would involve giving credit, where it’s due.
They said much the same thing about South Vietnam just before the Notherners came marching through Saigon.
Violence is up. My brother tells me the mortar attacks on the Green Zone are up and their aim is better, too.
Of course he cites progress in Iraq—for his(the aq side). More people than ever are dying and he’ll take credit for it. No wonder he has more than 70%of muslim approval.
Tell him to keep his head down. Some of those are rockets, and they’re big ones.
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