Bush: “I believe that we're going to win (in Iraq) . . . not nearly as fast as I wanted"

[bigtree]

Q: Mr. President, less than two months ago, at the end of one of the bloodiest months in the war, you said: Absolutely, we're winning. Yesterday, you said: We're not winning; we're not losing. Why did you drop your confident assertion about winning?

BUSH: My comments - the first comment was done in this spirit: I believe that we're going to win. I believe that - and, by the way, if I didn't think that, I wouldn't have our troops there. That's what you've got to know. We're going to succeed.

My comments yesterday reflected the fact that we're not succeeding nearly as fast as I wanted, when I said it at the time, and that the conditions are tough in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad.

And so we're conducting a review to make sure that our strategy helps us achieve that which I'm pretty confident we can do. And that is have a country which can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself.

You know, I - when I speak, like right now, for example, I'm speaking to the American people, of course. And I want them to know that I know how tough it is. But I also want them to know that I'm going to work with the military and the political leaders to develop a plan that'll help us achieve the objective.

http://www.nbc11.com/politics/10575003/detail.html


my take:

More Soldiers To Burn For Bush's 'Ideological War'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2952823&mesg_id=2952823

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bigtree

[Jackpine Radical]

1. "Not nearly as fast as I wanted"=

Not in this lifetime, Georgie-Poo.

[bigtree]

6. the "cakewalk"

tragic

[acmavm]

2. Stark raving mad.

[Old and In the Way]

3. When is someone going to ask him to define his words?

What does "winning" and "succeed" mean to this delusional boyking? We can't "win" in Iraq, we can only decide the magnitude of our losses there.

[NNN0LHI]

4. He was giggling while he said this. I swear n/t

[LynnTheDem]

5. You "know how tough it is", bush??? HOW would you "know how tough

it is", exactly?

How many family members have you lost in Iraq, bush? In 'Nam? How many war tours have YOU ever done, bush? Your kids? How many eyes and limbs have you & your family members lost in war, bush?

How many of your loved ones are homeless veterans, bush?

How can you claim to "know how tough it is" and then cut funds for the VA and try to cut the troops' combat pay, bush?

Fact is, bush, you don't know shit, bush.