Is this why the "Biography of President George W. Bush" is ranked #1 when you search "failure" on Yahoo?
2007-07-09 16:20:48 · 11 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Report:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
In case anyone missed it
2007-07-09 16:23:49 · update #1
coragryph (below) Good point.
However, was not Bush's strategy tied to the Iraqi benchmarks in that the strataegy would create a secure envioronment for the benchmarks to have a chance?
2007-07-09 16:25:48 · update #2
When i travel abroad, I always get reminded that we are "losing" this war. Not only are we often seen as imperialistic, but we also are earning the reputation of being weak. My dad served in WW2 and he was totally against this war from the start, mainly because he believed it was a losing situation. I was for it when it started, because I was dumb enough to buy the WMD argument; now i realize what a tragedy this has been, despite the valiant effort of our troops.
2007-07-09 16:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, let me see. These were the goals of the invasion:
1. Disarm Saddam or insure that he is disarmed. Mission accomplished.
2. Overthrow Saddam and his Baathist government. Mission accomplished.
3. Hold elections and form a new Iraqi government . Mission accomplished.
Looks like Bush's strategy in Iraq has been a complete success to me.
2007-07-09 23:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Eukodol 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is the standard. How would you expect anything else? If you looked up failure in the dictionary there would be a picture of Bush and his band of boobs.
2007-07-09 23:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by Don W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are the failure as every thing that comes out of you is puke. What happened to your cut and run Democrats in their 100 days. I here Cindy Shewho is going to run against your spineless Nancey P. It looks like some one on the left has a spine even if hers is made of jelly like your mind.
2007-07-09 23:33:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They weren't benchmarks that Bush or American troops could meet. They were benchmarks for the Iraqi govt to meet.
Bush makes enough mistakes on his own. Don't go blaming him for the mistakes that other people make.
2007-07-09 23:23:31 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm surprised, the same way I was surprised that they didn't find ANY battle-ready WMD in Iraq.
I expected something in the D- to C- range, but not that F......
(And I have opposed the war since before we started it.)
2007-07-09 23:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by oimwoomwio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was failure at the "shock and awe" stage. Humanity has not progressed very far in the logical area. The human race is just as brutal and inhumane as hundreds of years ago, only it has become more self-deceptive.
2007-07-09 23:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by To Be 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Eukodol - glad to hear it.
When can we bring out troops home if we have already achieved it all? Seems rather strange to need a troop surge after everything came out perfect?
2007-07-09 23:33:51 · answer #8 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i read the article that you linked and naturally the "fact" that you sited was not there.
have you ever been right about anything?
2007-07-10 23:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by karl k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only those in complete denial would be surprised.
2007-07-09 23:24:22 · answer #10 · answered by beren 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋