8 car bombings in 12 hours. But..."the war's over...we won!"

c.i. : some iraqis are indeed very good students. they sjould be rewarded by being promoted into the next class ahead of time, wouldn't you agree ? of course, mr ahmad chalabi should be given the job of principal in the school of grafting; i think he has been doing a fine job teaching others - if indeed they needed any further instructions in grafting . hbg

Bush sets no timetable for pullout of U.S. forces
CTV.ca News Staff
June 24, 2005 2:12 PM


U.S. President George Bush vowed American forces would stay the course in Iraq and assured the war-torn nation's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Friday "there are not going to be any timetables" for their withdrawal.

"This is not the time to fall back," al-Jaafari concurred at a joint news conference at the White House after the two leaders were briefed by commanders overseeing the American military presence in Iraq.

Hours after a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. convoy in Fallujah, killing two Marines and wounding 13, Bush conceded Americans are concerned when they see scenes of carnage on television.

According to an Associated Press count, at least 1,730 members of the U.S. military have died since the war in Iraq began in March 2003.

Despite the rising death toll and public opinion polls indicating falling support for his policy, Bush vowed victory over the insurgents.

"There's no question there's an enemy that still wants to shake our will and get us to leave," he said of the insurgents.

"They try to kill and they do kill innocent Iraqi people, women and children because they know that the carnage that they reap will be on TV and they know that it bothers people to see death.

"And it does. It bothers me. It bothers American citizens. It bothers Iraqis," Bush said.

Al-Jaafari told the president he was grateful for the support.

"You have given us more than money," said al-Jaafari, who visited wounded U.S. troops at a military hospital in the capital on Thursday night.

"You have given us your sons, your children, that were killed beside our own children in Iraq ... This is more precious than any other support we have received."

On Thursday, al-Jaafari said setting a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign forces would be a sign of weakness.

"The country would be open to increased terrorist activity," he told the private Council on Foreign Relations.

Bush will address the nation about Iraq in a prime-time address from Fort Bragg, North Carolina next Tuesday.

The speech will mark the one-year anniversary of Iraq's transfer of power, amid growing concern about the numbers of U.S. casualties.

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Bush speaks, ""They try to kill and they do kill innocent Iraqi people, women and children because they know that the carnage that they reap will be on TV and they know that it bothers people to see death."

The problem with his rhetoric is the simple fact that he didn't react to the thousands he killed on our preemptive attack of Iraq - innocent men, women and children. He now has the gall to speak of "atrocities" perpetrated by the insurgents. If anybody bothers to look at the numbers this president was responsible for the death of more innocent Iraqis compared to the insurgents, Bush's rhetoric becomes less and less credible.

Makes you wonder why more Americans can't see through all this BS. Iraqis wouldn't be having this problem if we never attacked Iraq in the first place.

The propaganda is working. But the approval ratings (for the war and for the Tyrant Freak) are slipping, slowly but surely.

In that case they would have a different set of problems ... not including the one of deciding who to vote for in their next elections.