I have to admit that I get a bit tired of US President George W. Bush claiming that the situation in Iraq is improving.
President Bush yesterday said his strategy to send more troops to Iraq is turning the tide in favor of U.S. and Iraqi forces and rebutted claims by a top Democrat that the war is lost.
“The direction of the fight is beginning to shift,” Mr. Bush said in a speech at East Grand Rapids High School in Michigan. “Day by day, block by block, Iraqi and American forces are making incremental gains in Baghdad.”
The sad truth is that it might very well be true, but that he, quite simply, lost just about all credibility he once had. He is now, for four years already, saying that the US is making progress, that the war will be ‘won’, etc.
That being said, one cannot let that get in the way of the facts. I am, quite simply, not listening to what Bush has to say about it, I am looking at the cold hard facts, as presented by independent experts and the US military. I am also not listening to someone like John McCain: the commanders in Iraq seem to be far more realistic than either Bush or McCain, so I suggest we focus on what they say.
Cross posted at my own blog.
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