RIGA, Latvia - November 28, 06. President Bush, under pressure to change direction Iraq, said Tuesday he will not be persuaded by any calls to withdraw American troops before the country is stabilized.
"There's one thing I'm not going to do, I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete," he said in a speech setting the stage for meetings with the Iraqi prime minister later this week. "We can accept nothing less than victory for our children and our grandchildren."
(Victory for "our children and grandchildren"?What about "victory" for Iraq's children &grandchildren, & the Bush administration's promises of 'liberty,freedom and democracy' for the majority of Iraqis?)(What will it take to bring "stability" to a region that resists so fiercely, withOUT killing or causing the killing of tens of thousands more?)
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This is a serious, legitimate question based on a news item & related concerns. It is NOT a putdown of the U.S. military.
2006-11-28 06:00:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I really dont think any of them have any idea what the 'mission' is apart from establishing an American presence in the Arab world. They say that we cant withdraw until the fighting stops..then they say the fighting is because the US is there. Well then get out and the fighting there will stop..sheesh. It's not rocket science. they doesn't want us there...they just want to bleed us for more money...billions and billions wasted....enough to ensure every American had heath coverage. You cant have a victory against people who hate you...their children and grandchildren will still be fighting ours. What really annoys me is that they feed us this rubbish about the war on terror etc and they think we have no brain to figure things out.
2006-11-28 06:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bush was asked what his plan was. Bush said they had a plan but wouldn't tell the media what it was. Bush has also not kept pressing what was accomplished, besides the existance of a Democratically elected government, that over 1/3 of the building projects have been finished, that the number of soldiers and police that the U.S. thinks Iraq needs will be all trained by the end of this year and that Iraq's government will be in charge of half of Iraq by the end of this year.
2006-11-28 15:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bush's idea of victory is getting his fat greedy hands on all of the World's resources and securing the future of his dynasty. Then again, would that be enough? I suppose he'd like to become God and shape the Multiverse and beyond to his own sick vision that should do it.
Then he'd get bored and want more.
If you're asking purely about Iraq? Kill everyone there and turn it into a huge oilfield run by robots so he could maximise profit.
2006-11-28 14:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by airmonkey1001 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its to eliminate or seriously injure terrorist efforts. And to ultimately lessen the chances of another 9/11. Setting up a democracy in the region would do this. Realistically, we need to focus on our borders first however.
2006-11-28 14:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by Average Joe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds an awful lot like he's punting. Now the next President will have to make the difficult choices after two years of escalating violence.
2006-11-28 14:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by Gerty 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DISCLAIMER: Yet you did it anyway.
2006-11-28 14:04:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋