Reply #28: Here's another good article on bush's speech..

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President offers plan that is easier said than done

President Bush (news - web sites) has made a political career of transforming his weaknesses into strengths. A lack of eloquence? He's a straight talker. Not much for nuance? He has a clear vision. Disdain for detail? He's a big-picture leader.

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Bush continued to try to accrue stakeholders to the cause, both in his fragile domestic constituency and even more frail international one. He offered the symbolic step of destroying concrete when he announced that the notorious Abu Ghraib prison could be razed as soon as a new maximum-security prison could be built.


His five-point plan, though plainspoken in concept, will be exceedingly difficult in execution. His call for Iraqi sovereignty gave a new government a precise proposed form, but the very fact that it seemed crafted by an American president will be one of the greatest obstacles for its success.


Bush was more vague about the role the U.S. military will play after the June 30 hand-over of limited power, saying only that as many troops as needed would stay as long as required. His call for more international cooperation lacked critical detail as well, perhaps a reflection of how few commitments the administration has been able to score in advance.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&e=4&u=/chitribts/presidentoffersplanthatiseasiersaidthandone