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| Fri, 08-27-2004 - 8:37pm |
Bush admits Iraq miscalculations
8/27/2004 10:00:00 AM GMT
http://www.aj-review.com/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_ID=3226
Bush told the newspaper he would continue diplomatic pressure.
Source: Reuters
For the first time, Bush admitted on Thursday that he had miscalculated post-war conditions in Iraq, according to the New York Times.
The paper quoted Bush as saying during a 30-minute interview that he made "a miscalculation of what the conditions would be" in post-war Iraq.
However, Bush still insists that the 17-month-long uprising was the unintended by-product of a "swift victory" against Saddam Hussein's military, the New York Times reported.
He claims that his strategy had been "flexible enough" to respond. "We're adjusting to our conditions" in places like Najaf, he was quoted as saying.
969 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the invasion, 828 of them since April 30, 2003. An additional 6,690 service members have been wounded, most of them during the occupation, according to the Pentagon.
Bush also discussed the issue of North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying that he would not be rushed to set deadlines.
"Bush displayed none of the alarm about North Korea's growing arsenal that he once voiced regularly about Iraq", according to the paper.
It quoted him as saying about the leaders of North Korea and Iran: "I don't think you give timelines to dictators."
Bush told the newspaper he would continue diplomatic pressure. It said he gave no hint that his patience was limited or that at some point he might consider pre-emptive military action.
"I'm confident that over time this will work -- I certainly hope it does," the newspaper quoted Bush as saying of the diplomatic approach.

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Haliburton...profits are temporarily down because they have not yet been paid for much of the work in Iraq....and you are wrong, there are other companies that could have and were willing to bid on the contract...Bectel for one.
Bush wanted regime change in Iraq, that's true. So did Bill Clinton, Madeline Albright and John Kerry.
Not the no bid contract in question:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2538408
"Democratic lawmakers have accused the Bush administration of showing favoritism to companies such as Houston-based Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, that were major contributors or had close ties to the Bush administration.
Among the contracts reviewed by the GAO, Congress' investigative and auditing arm, was the Army Corps of Engineers' $1.39 billion contract to Halliburton subsidiary KBR to repair Iraq's oil infrastructure. The GAO found that the contract met legal standards because KBR was the only source capable of performing the work, which was planned before the war."
So melodramatic... I have an idea: use your hypothesis for John Kerry.
Isn't that a bit cynical? I much rather hear the truth or admitted mistakes instead of what I have been hearing from Bush. Even if people accuse him of a little too late, it is still better to admit them then to just ignore it. Sorry but no one is going to get 100% approval, honesty is always best.
Hahahaha! You actually beleive that? His statements most of the time can't even be trusted as truthful.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/08/10/kerry_says_hed_still_vote_to_authorize_iraq_war/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/kerry.iraq/index.html
So, his statements as of just about 2 to 3 weeks ago indicate that he would still vote to go into Iraq, EVEN knowing what we think we know today about the WMD's.
~mark~
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