Bush-Cheney Spin on Iraq Turning Comical

[TexasLawyer]

Feb. 22, 2007

Bush-Cheney Spin on Iraq Turning Comical

The art of political spin is to be at least partially convincing. Then some of your best friends can buy what you're saying and repeat it confidently to others. But the Bush-Cheney team have apparently thrown out the last vestige of helping even their friends keep a straight face with their most recent comments on the Iraq debacle.

Exhibit A: Tony Blair has just announced his plan to start British troop withdrawal.

Recent reports confirm that the British Prime Minister, President Bush's top partner in the Iraq invasion, will announce the removal of 1,600 of his country's 7,000 troops from Iraq, with more expected to be withdrawn later.. This is a major withdrawal, the beginning of the end for British disengagement from Iraq. British polls showing significant opposition to the war have created enormous pressure on Blair.

But Bush-Cheney call it the withdrawal a "sign of success."

Cue the laugh track. Would George Washington have termed the early withdrawal of Lafayette and the French before Yorktown a "sign of success?"

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