From this morning's front page NYT article on the repugs and Iraq, fifth and sixth paragraphs:
But people who attended a series of high-level meetings this month between White House and Congressional officials say President Bush's aides argued that it could be a politically fatal mistake for Republicans to walk away from the war in an election year.
White House officials including the national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, outlined ways in which Republican lawmakers could speak more forcefully about the war. Participants also included Mr. Bush's top political and communications advisers: his deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove; his political director, Sara Taylor; and the White House counselor, Dan Bartlett. Mr. Rove is newly freed from the threat of indictment in the C.I.A. leak case, and leaders of both parties see his reinvigorated hand in the strategy.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/washington/22capital.html?_r=1&oref=sloginIt can't get much clearer than that. If the U.S. were to leave Iraq before the mid-terms, it will be viewed as admitting the Iraq invasion was a mistake and Congressional repugs will pay the price at the polls. To prevent that from happening, Bush has decided to leave the troops in Iraq and let the death toll get higher (it's just a number, anyway). I wonder if the lives of the troops were even a consideration for Rove.
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