Reid Statement: President Bush Admits His Iraq Policy Has Failed

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Reid: President Bush Admits His Iraq Policy Has Failed

10/22/2006 4:37:00 PM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both of the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement on reports that the Bush Administration is drafting a timetable for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions and to assume a larger role in securing the country.

"The apparent decision by the Bush Administration to draft a timetable for the Iraqis to assume a larger role in securing their country hopefully demonstrates the long-overdue recognition by the President that his strategy is a failure and that a change in course is needed.

"Given that this action comes just two weeks before the midterm elections, it appears the Administration is driven as much by the hope of heading off election-year defeats here at home as by ending the escalating violence in Iraq. Regardless, if this new course is to be effective, the plan must contain benchmarks tied directly to the drawdown of U.S. troops. All other measurements are of secondary importance.

"If the Administration is serious about pursuing this course, there is no legitimate reason why these benchmarks cannot be announced immediately. The safety and security of our troops and this nation are at stake. Time is of the essence, and the American and Iraqi people are entitled to know what the remaining tasks are that will lead to the drawdown of U.S. forces."

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outweighing political gain.

flip flop

few are fooled by the prices at the gas pumps and even fewer care about the dow jones average. many DO care about things like their mortgage payments, health insurance premiums, cost of schooling their kids...

NOW we demand a time table? How many people have died and will die once that 'time table' is met?
Iraqis (650,000 and counting) and Americans dead and injured (too many)?

This makes more sense than timetables, withdrawal the the periphery or anything else I've seen proposed.

We have no credibility regarding Iraq, thank to our Truthless Leader. The UN can deploy peacekeepers under the UN flag. Hopefully the Iraqis would respect them for being there to help, instead of being there to exploit the situation.

One of the things Truthless Leader promised while campaigning in 2000 was a foreign policy based on humility. Well, Truthless Leader, here is your chance to be humble.

:sarcasm:

Bush has failed yet he refuses to correct his mistakes.

deja vu all over again. All that's left is for Congress to start withholding the funding to continue the operation.