On ABC’s This Week, President Bush told host George Stephanopoulos that the strategy in Iraq was “never stay the course.” A look back seems to suggest elsewise.
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US soldiers are sick of it
American soldiers also are beginning to suffer injuries from a silent and pernicious weapon material of U.S. origin—depleted uranium. The Department of Defense says depleted uranium is powerful and safe, and not that worrisome. A shell coated with depleted uranium pierces a tank like a hot knife through butter, exploding on impact into a charring …
Tony Blair – Troops should be out of Iraq by 2008
Tony Blair set a 16-month limit for keeping British troops in Iraq yesterday as he admitted for the first time that they would be a “provocation” if they stayed too long. It was British policy to “withdraw progressively” when Iraq’s own security forces were able to take over. Quoting from a statement by Gen George …
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Six questions for Frank Anderson on the Middle East
Frank Anderson worked for the CIA from 1968 until 1995. According to his unclassified biography, he served three tours of duty in the Middle East as an agency station chief, headed the Afghan Task Force (1987-1989), and was chief of the Near East Division. He now runs a consulting practice that focuses on the Middle …
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Bush-backed commission prepares to slam his admin’s Iraq strategy
A commission backed by President Bush that is exploring U.S. options in Iraq has agreed that ‘stay the course’ is not working. And intends to propose significant changes in the administration’s strategy by early next year, members say.”There’ll probably be some things in our report that the administration might not like,” said James A. Baker