Kerry Calls Bush Incompetent, Republicans Agree, Reuters Reports It

[DrFunkenstein]

U.S. Sen. John Kerry on Monday launched his sharpest assault yet on what he called the Republican president's "arrogance and outright incompetence" in Iraq.

Three influential Republican senators criticized mistakes in Bush's policy on Sunday and one, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Richard Lugar of Indiana, cited "incompetence" in the U.S. failure to spend more money to reconstruct Iraq.

"The fact is, we're in deep trouble in Iraq ... and I think we're going to have to look at some recalibration of policy," Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said on Sunday.

Sen. Joseph Biden, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also speaking on "Good Morning America," said he was tired of the Bush administration's rhetoric on Iraq.

"We're all saying the same thing: 'Mr. President, unless you get your act together we are going to lose,"' Biden said, saying the administration has been slow to train Iraqi forces, spend U.S. reconstruction funds and enlist allies.

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I think the tide is turning, folks. I think Kerry has finally hit the right note on Iraq and just in time for the debates. Bush is screwed.