Iraq may be Bush's end

[struggle4progress]

In his new book, Plan of Attack, the famous American journalist Bob Woodward relates how on August 5, 2002, US Secretary of State Colin Powell advised George Bush that if he invaded Iraq the war would dominate his presidency.
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Later, in an interview for the book, Woodward asked Bush about that conversation with Powell. Bush's reply was mostly about the issues of freedom and security, but he conceded that his Secretary of State was talking of the practical difficulties associated with Iraqi reconstruction.
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The Washington Post reported this week that Iraqi and American officials were describing the country as "unmanageable". It is hardly surprising that the world oil price has reached record levels.
An experienced US pollster once told me that in the relationship between voting habits and economic outcomes, the closest relationship was not with inflation, unemployment or with economic growth. It was with the petrol price.
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/19/1084917650453.html

[dudeness]

1. Greg Hywood is no friend of liberals or leftists

for him to write this piece, confidence in GWB ability to handle this crisis has diminished greatly amongst his supporters here in Australia..my only hope is that it leads to the demise of bush blair and howard politically

[struggle4progress]

2. As far as I can from up here in the US&A ...

Howard plans to cling onto Boy George's Iraq policy until the bitter end.

[Skittles]

3. Iraq has been the end for THOUSANDS of people

that bastard should be in JAIL.