Dashole Approval drops from 60% to 42% and disapproval rises from 17% to 35%
Let's get this straight. A couple months ago we were gong to be bogged down for most of a year just taking the major Afghan cities and caves. Thousands of casulties.
At what point did Bush say the war would be over in a few weeks? At what point did he say he would fully disclose his strategy in full view of the enemy?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, in remarks immediately assailed by Republicans, said on Thursday there seems to be "expansion without at least a clear direction" in the administration's war on terrorism.
"Before we make commitments in resources I think we need to have a clear understanding of what the direction would be," the South Dakota Democrat told reporters, reflecting a growing Democratic concern.
Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, promptly replied: "How dare Senator Daschle criticize President (George W.) Bush while we are fighting our war on terrorism, especially when we have troops in the field?
"He should not be trying to divide our country while we are united," Lott said.
Daschle said the war to date has been successful and that he does not want to "second guess" the president. But he also said the administration needed to better explain where it was headed.
"I don't think the success has been overstated, but the continued success, I think, is still somewhat in doubt," Daschle
said. . . . . . .
The Senate majority leader added, "We've got to find Osama bin Laden, and we've got to find other key leaders of the al Qaeda network, or we will have failed."
"I think that it's critical that we keep the pressure on. We do the job that this country is committed to doing," Daschle said. "We're not safe until we have broken the back of al Qaeda. And we haven't done that yet."
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Seeing an opening, Republicans immediately criticized Daschle, underlining how
the GOP sees the war as a potential political issue.
"Some people may want to run for president some day," White House spokesman
Ari Fleischer said. Daschle has not ruled out that he might challenge Bush in 2004.
Daschle: U.S. Must Find bin Laden
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These nitwits want GWB to give them a date when the war will end- What a joke. Can anyone imagine asking Churchill and Roosevelt the same thing in 1942?
I know the rats are loberal nuts, But Between these rants, Trick Dickie Geppies and Hollings, they all seem to be going over the edge.
"Instead of apologies from the Oval Office, the world gets announcements of new targets. Instead of multilateral blather, there's decisive unilateral American action. In the place of the fog of global conferences, we see the clarity of the Daisy Cutter."
This war on terror will fail as long as Liberal Democrats hold an elected office in this Country. You and your political correctness are a big part of this terror and your present shift from patriotism to pro LIBERAL CRAP is the beginning of the next terror attack. Wake up AMERICA!
a. This was going to be a very, very long war
b. The terrorists were located in some 60 countries
They must have missed that part (repeatedly) or they wouldn't be saying such dangerous things, things that could result in death for Americans both at home and overseas.
Either that or they find the death of Americans an acceptable price for political gain.
What does a democRAT know about "direction" in military matters? What about Haiti? Bosnia? Macedonia? and a bunch of other places the democRATs have sent our troops WITHOUT an exit strategy?
I suppose D'Aschole would like for W to tell all the strategy so the enemy knows what to expect. We saw how the democRATs run wars, Somalia and Vietnam, for example. More interested in "making a statement" than winning. (rant off)