Bush Cites Israel As Model for Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070628/bush/

Bush Cites Israel As Model for Iraq


JENNIFER LOVEN | June 28, 2007 06:30 PM EST | AP


NEWPORT, R.I. — President Bush held up Israel as a model for defining success in Iraq, saying Thursday the U.S. goal there is not to eliminate attacks but to enable a democracy that can function despite violence.

With his Iraq policy under increasing criticism from the public and lawmakers in both parties, Bush went to the U.S. Naval War College to declare progress and plead for patience. At the same time, his top national security went to Capitol Hill to hear out Republican critics.

Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said this week U.S. troops should start leaving now because Bush's strategy will not have time to work.

National security adviser Stephen Hadley met with Lugar, GOP Sen. John Warner of Virginia and others. Warner said a defense policy bill expected to attract several war-related amendments in July was a main topic.

The White House thought it had until an expected September assessment by military commanders before facing a showdown on the unpopular war.

But a majority of senators now believes troops should start coming home in the next few months. House Republicans want to revive the independent Iraq Study Group to get new options.

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[Solly Mack]

1. lololololololololol

[slowry]

2. Gotta love the Onion :) n/t

[Swamp Rat]

3. Vietnam would be more apt a choice for 'models'

Idiot.

[Fridays Child]

4. That's bound to go over well with Muslims everywhere.

Does someone tell him to say these things or does he just make it, up as he talks? Unfortunately, that comment, alone, will probably be responsible for at least a few dozen more American soldiers dying in Iraq.

[MrPrax]

5. Too stupid for words n/t

[rzemanfl]

6. Another fine 5 to 4 decision from the Supremes. This ranks up

there with "bring it on" and "Crusade"-way better than "put food on your family."