Bush Says Congressional Critics Have Bullied Iraq's Leaders, Ignored Political Progress

[Purveyor]

President Bush said Thursday that congressional critics have bullied Iraq's leaders and ignored political progress achieved at the cost of U.S. lives.

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Bush's latest defense of the war took aim at a principal frustration in Democratic-run Congress that Iraq's politicians have squandered time while U.S. troops are dying.

"Some members of Congress decided the best way to encourage progress in Baghdad was to criticize and threaten Iraq's leaders while they're trying to work out their differences," Bush told a military audience at the cavernous U.S. Air Force museum.

"But hectoring was not what the Iraqi leaders needed," Bush said. "What they needed was security and that is what the `surge' has provided."

That was a reference to the 30,000-troop reinforcement Bush ordered to Iraq last year. The step was intended to halt violence so Iraq's leaders could start managing their own affairs.

Bush spoke as Iraqi security forces clashed with Shiite militias in Basra, Iraq's southern oil hub. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged to fight "until the end" against militias tied to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, despite fierce resistance.

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[LakeSamish706]

1. Why doesn't congress tell Bush to go F*** himself.. Who the hell cares what he has to say? n/t

[islandmkl]

2. you gotta admit....somebody in jr.'s gang has a lot of imagination....

to keep coming up with the loads of horseshit they constantly spread around....

yeah, dickhead....the "Democratic Congress" has, in a little over one year, caused the Iraqi 'government' to not succeed....

the 4 years of jr.'s gang had them all ready to govern and succeed...that is some interesting history those neoconazis are writing...

[HuffleClaw]

3. i just read that speech

and wow, what a pack of lies.

oh, and WHEN was the last time he appeared before an ACTUAL crowd of citizens and NOT some hand-picked or military crowd that isn't permitted to dissent?

[zbdent]

4. It's probably an implied threat ...

"Agree with me, or I'll order them to shoot ..."

[opihimoimoi]

6. The Sky...the Sky is Fallin"....."The Wolf...them Wolves are a coming" I swear...they be coming

Fear Card reduced to a 3 from an ACE....thanx to Abby Bush

[spanone]

5. hey junior, nobody cares what you think, dickhead.

[gateley]

7. He said it to whom? Is ANYBODY listening to him these days? nt