Bush Urges Iraqis To Form Government.

Source: AP via Yahoo News

Bush is busy trying to get the Iraqi "government" to step up (or "get stood up," as he said...sounds like he's asking Iraq to get stood up on a date) because the war is quickly becoming unpopular here in the states.

Bush attempted to rally flagging American support for the
Iraq war in a speech at the ornate Capitol Music Hall. Wednesday was the fifth consecutive day he has spoken in public about the increasingly unpopular conflict, which began with a U.S.-led invasion three years ago this week.

A key objective of U.S. policy is for Iraqi leaders to form a coalition government that can steer the country's fledgling democracy and get Iraqi troops trained sufficiently to allow substantial reductions of U.S. troops this year and next.

A delegation of U.S. senators in Baghdad on Tuesday expressed American impatience with Iraqi leaders' failure, three months after an election, to form a government that could help contain the conflict.

Bush joined that chorus, saying Iraqis had turned out in the millions to vote and expect their leaders to act.

"The people have spoken. And now it's time for a government to get stood up.... That's what the people want. Otherwise they wouldn't have gone to the polls, would they have?" he asked.

His choice of words are funny considering how we went in to deliver "freedom" to the Iraqi masses, promised them everything would be quick and painless, and now we're running out the back door. Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as "getting stood up".

Oh well. If they can't figure out what to do with their puppet government, Dick can always go for this option:



At least Iraq will be able to defend themselves from...themselves.

Bush has set as a condition for a U.S. troop withdrawal making certain that Iraqi forces are sufficiently trained to fight the insurgency.

"It's the Iraqis fight. Ultimately the Iraqis are going to have to determine their future. They made their decision politically--they voted. And these troops that we're training, are going to have to stand up and defend their democracy," Bush said.

And as usual, we have to get in some "good face time in the media" for Bush:

While Bush recently has faced some critical questions from the public in recent appearances, this audience seemed largely supportive and gave him a standing ovation. It included many family members of U.S. troops.

"Thank God you're our commander-in-chief," said a father with two sons in the military, one in Iraq and one in Hawaii.

--posted by la vie en rose

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