Breaking-Bush Stalls Iraq Plan Until January

[tjwash]

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By Terence Hunt
ASSOCIATED PRESS

11:52 a.m. December 12, 2006

WASHINGTON – The White House says President Bush has largely decided on a new approach to the Iraq war that he will announce next month, but he gave no public hint of his plan Tuesday when he met with the country's Sunni vice president.

“Our objective is to help the Iraqi government deal with the extremists and the killers, and support the vast majority of Iraqis who are reasonable, who want peace,” Bush said after an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with Tariq al-Hashemi.


The president took no questions about the announcement by his aides that he would wait until the new year before laying out a new course for U.S. involvement in Iraq.

“It's not ready yet,” press secretary Tony Snow had told reporters earlier.

Punt, stalled till January, then he can blame every miserable failing of his that has destroyed Iraq, and obliterated our once good standing in the world on the Democratic majority in the Congress and Senate.

[Jon8503]

1. From what I just heard on the radio, he is going to increase troops and send

several thousand more to Iraq.

[Monkeyman]

6. 20,000 is in the works

Look for Gates to replace Marine General Pace

[Jon8503]

10. Just said on ABC News, 40,000 now. N/T.

[hwmnbn]

2. Thats total bullshit......

he has no plan now, he won't have one later... PERIOD.

All he is looking for is political cover and that ain't happening now that 75% think he screwed up big time. In a way all this procrastinating will just ratchet up the pressure and the opposition to the war.

It looks like he's just stalling....

[Sapere aude]

3. Why we are in Iraq reason 100..............?

"Our objective is to help the Iraqi government deal with the extremists and the killers,"

Just who is calling who an extremist and killer?

[rodeodance]

4. somebody with some power has got to get this 'change' going sooner!

[rodeodance]

5. oops.

[april]

7. we need to stop funding this war...Now

[SoCalDem]

8. he doesn;t want to "spoil" his Christmas vacation

:puke:

[Jacobin]

9. Doesn't want to announce 'more troops' til after Xmas

[WI_DEM]

11. So the new plan is 40,000 more troops sent in harms way...the man is a maniac