Dean: Bush Losing His Security Blanket....The War in Iraq

[madfloridian]

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/03/dean_bush_losin.php

Washington, DC - Three years after Vice President Cheney said that American troops would be greeted as liberators, the American military today is engaging in the largest air strikes since the war began. It is no wonder new polls confirm that the American people are continuing to lose confidence in the President's ability to lead the nation. President Bush's approval rating has hit 37 percent in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll and 33 percent in the new Pew Research Center for the People and the Press poll.

The American people are particularly fed up with President Bush's commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq. According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, 61 percent disapprove of Bush's handling of the war in Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11843383/from/RSS/

Pew Center, 3/15/06,
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=271]

This public dissatisfaction is also a problem for Congressional Republicans facing re-election this year, as merely 37 percent of Americans want Congress to be controlled by the GOP.

"It's no wonder the American people continue to lose confidence in President Bush's incompetent policies both at home and abroad," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "From his commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq, to an inept policy that allowed Iran to become a major threat and North Korea to acquire even more nuclear weapons, President Bush's failure to address the real threats to our homeland is undermining Americans' security. Americans want a change, not more of the same bad choices and failed agenda. Democrats have a bolder vision for a secure America."

See below for a new document from DNC Research:

THREE YEARS LATER, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR TROOPS DESERVE HONEST LEADERSHIP ON THE WAR IN IRAQ

Just a sample from the link
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/03/dean_bush_losin.php

IRAQ IS NOT WHERE OSAMA IS

"This war reached our shores on September 11, 2001."


IRAQ WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11

BUSH
"No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."

RICE
"...We have never claimed that Saddam Hussein had either, that Saddam Hussein had either direction or control of 9/11."

And a lot more research.

[understandinglife]

1. K&R.

Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7

[madfloridian]

4. Yes, don't let up on it.

You are right. Thanks for the R and the K.

[davidwparker]

2. K&R

I K&R anything and all that Dean is doing. Ditto Hackett. And, now Feingold.

DEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[madfloridian]

3. Good research. Quotes on the number of Iraqis trained. Amazing spin.

BUT HOW MANY TROOPS HAVE BEEN TRAINED?

FEBRUARY 2004: Rumsfeld said the number of Iraqis serving in the security forces was over 210,000, and that the number may grow to over 226,000 by April.


SEPTEMBER 2004: Rumsfeld drastically drops the number of trained troops, saying in a briefing that the "latest number, last week was 105,000. Now it looks to be 95,000 - that is to say that are trained and equipped."


FEBRUARY 2005: Rumsfeld changes the number again, saying that "...the fact of the matter is that there are 130,2000 who have been trained and equipped...That's a fact. And how do I know that? I know it because General Petraeus counts them."


JUNE 2005: Rumsfeld changes the number again, saying that "The fact of the matter is the number's 168,000."


JULY 2005: General George Casey Jr., who oversees U.S. forces in Iraq, told Congress that only three of the approximately 100 Iraqi army battalions are taking on the insurgents by themselves. Three battalions is approximately 700 soldiers.


NOVEMBER 2005: Bush said that "40 Iraqi battalions are taking the lead in the fight." He said a battalion is typically comprised of "between 350 and 800 Iraqi forces," which would bring the latest estimate of fully trained Iraqi troops to somewhere between 14,000 and 32,000.


DECEMBER 2005: When Bush was asked how many Iraqi troops were now able to stand alone without the backing of U.S. troops, he said there were "about 200,000-plus capable" forces. He continued by saying that "Now, not all of them are ready to take the fight to the enemy."

MARCH 2006: Bush said that "60 Iraqi battalions are taking the lead in the fight." He previously said a battalion is typically comprised of "between 350 and 800 Iraqi forces," which would bring the latest estimate of fully trained Iraqi troops to somewhere between 21,000 and 48,000.

[Kurovski]

5. Dean really should be nicer, use more diplomacy with George Bush

NOT!!!

Kick it Howie, give 'em an' ow-ie! KICK IT!!!KICK IT GOOD!!! :-)