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Bush the Elder's commission chaired by James A. Baker III will recommend US troop withdrawals and direct negotiations with Syria and Iran. President Stupid Head immediately rejected these common sense moves.
Michael Abramowitz and Ann Scott Tyson write for washingtonpost.com:
"President Bush delivered a staunch endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Thursday morning and dismissed calls for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq as unrealistic, following a summit meeting in which the two leaders discussed speeding up the turnover of security responsibilities. 'He's the right guy for Iraq,' Bush said at a news conference in the Jordanian capital, as he stood next to a somewhat stiff and unsmiling Iraqi premier. . . .
"Bush has a track record of changing policies on a dime, such as when he ousted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld only days after saying he would stay until the end of his term. But his comments today, coupled with other statements in the past few days, seemed to set firm lines on Iraq beyond which the president will not be pushed, despite growing discontent with his policy at home.
"These include no major troop withdrawals, no partition of the country, no direct talks with Iran and Syria as part of a broader diplomatic effort in the region and continued strong support for Maliki -- despite a leaked memo from National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley questioning whether the current government has the capacity and will to crack down on private militias responsible for much of the violence gripping Baghdad and beyond."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html
{;-) Dan in Miami
PS: Does anyone else get the idea we have a petulant 8 year old for a President?
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