Bush holds Israel up as model for Iraq

[Kadie]

Bush holds Israel up as model for Iraq
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
12 minutes ago


NEWPORT, R.I. - President Bush held up Israel as a model for defining success in Iraq, saying Thursday that the goal of the U.S. mission there is not eliminating attacks but enabling a democracy that can function despite continuing violence.

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But he laid out in some of his plainest terms yet how to define when the U.S. presence in Iraq has achieved its goals.

"Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing in the evening news," he said. "No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street."

He suggested Israel as a model.

There, Bush said, "Terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks. The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq."

It was likely to be controversial — and possibly even explosive — for Bush to set out Israel as a model for a Muslim Middle Eastern nation. Israel has been locked for decades in an intractable dispute with Palestinians in the neighboring occupied territories, a conflict that is viewed as a major recruiting tool for Islamic extremist groups like al-Qaida.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070628/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_20

[WinkyDink]

1. so which is it, Bush? Israel or KOREA, you moronic psychopathic POS??

[Cooley Hurd]

2. He is such a simpleton...

:eyes:

[uppityperson]

3. Idiotic idea and idiotic to express it.