I guess Iraqi citizens have almost the same stomach and patience for ultimate failure as the folks here in the U.S. have: none at all.
President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government -- and the Iraqi people -- had not shown greater public support for the American mission, participants in the meeting said Tuesday.
"I sensed a frustration with the lack of progress on the bigger picture of Iraq generally -- that we continue to lose a lot of lives, it continues to sap our budget,"said one person who attended the meeting. "The president wants the people in Iraq to get more on board to bring success."
Another person who attended the session said he interpreted Mr. Bush's comments less as an expression of frustration than as uncertainty over the prospects of the new Iraqi government. "He said he really didn't quite have a sense yet of how effective the government was," said this person, who, like several who discussed the session, agreed to speak only anonymously because it was a private lunch.
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