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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 16, 2008 09:07am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 03:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In an interview with ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz Friday, President Bush attempted to clarify what he meant by saying that Gen. David Petraeus will have "all the time he needs" to prosecute the effort in Iraq. Bush claimed that he didn't want to suggest that America will stay in Iraq indefinitely, but rather that he would defer to his top general in Iraq and make decisions on the basis of "conditions" on the ground.
Uh huh. Which is to say that if security conditions improve, we'll stay longer in order to consolidate those gains and facilitate political progress. And if security conditions deteriorate, we'll stay in order to restore order and prevent chaos. How exactly does this translate into anything other than an indefinite stay in Iraq?
Later in his interview (full transcript here), President Bush dropped another bomb that has curiously not provoked much response.
Raddatz -- a fearless combat journalist and tenacious interrogator -- teased this moment of reflection out of the president:
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There you have it folks. The president of the United States admitting that his own certainty about the mission was more important than telling the truth to the American people. |
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