Posted on 01/10/2007 2:30:20 PM PST by STARWISE
Unswayed by anti-war passions, President Bush will send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq and build the American presence there toward its highest level to quell worsening bloodshed. The move puts Bush on a collision course with the new Democratic Congress and runs counter to advice from some senior generals.
Set to announce his decisions in a prime-time speech Wednesday night, Bush was to acknowledge making major mistakes in Iraq, primarily failing to deploy enough U.S. soldiers and demand more Iraqi troops and cooperation to confront the country's near-anarchy.
In advance of Bush's address, White House counselor Dan Bartlett said U.S. military operations have been "handcuffed by political interference by Iraqi leadership" — but now will proceed under rules allowing troops to confront Shiite militias as well as Sunni insurgents.
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The new Democratic leaders of Congress met with Bush and complained afterward that their opposition to a buildup had been ignored. "This is the third time we are going down this path. Two times this has not worked," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "Why are they doing this now? That question remains."
Senate and House Democrats are arranging votes urging the president not to send more troops. While lacking the force of law, the measures would compel Republicans to go on record as either bucking the president or supporting an escalation.
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Not because our troops can't do it but because WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED!!
Works for me
I think this was a White House error...NBC missed it, too.
Would that it were so...
I have noticed it, too. Also a lot of FACTUAL errors (not even talking about bias, just stuff that good research would have covered).
Kiss you a$$ goodbye Sadr......
Military and civilian experts will be brought together to work on reconstruction. Rice will appoint a reconstruction expert to help in Iraq.
AQ is still active in the region. Anbarh province is their area.
I think so. If so, we'll be fine. We'll need to watch, but, if so, I think we can do this.
Our enemies in Iraq = Al Qaeda, Mahdi Army, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC...
I am proud of him whenever he is tough. I love him TOUGH.
Evening.
Nothing about the Clinton threat to national archives secure documents yet... hmmmm
Al Sadr may do Maliki first.
The Iraqi government...remember we turned sovereigny over to them six months after we invaded. We are there officially only with their permission.
I think that's the first time that Bush has alluded, in such a high-profile setting, to al-Qaeda's goal - "to build a radical Islamic empire."
4000 more troops in Anbar Province
LOL..I like your interpretation!!!
Bingo, Anbar.
Roger-That...
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