#2,500; 5,000; 100,000: they they're just numbers
Posted by: "Zepp" The_Zepp
Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:47 pm (PST)
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/White_House_Everybody_would_like_war_0615.html
White House: 'Everybody would like the war to be over now'
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday June 15, 2006
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When asked about the landmark 2,500 US soldiers killed in Iraq today,
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow claimed that "Everybody would like
the war to be over now." He also said the 2,500 figure was a "number."
You can watch the video here.
A transcript of the exchange follows:
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QUESTION: Tony, American deaths in Iraq have reached 2,500. Is there any
response or reaction from the president on that?
SNOW: You know, it's a number, and every time there's one of these
500-benchmarks, people want something.
The president would like the war to be over now. Everybody would like
the war to be over now. And the one thing that we saw in Iraq this week
is further testimony to the quality of the men and the women who are
doing that, and the dedication and determination to try to ensure that
the people of Iraq really do live in a free, effective democracy of
their own creation and design.
Any president who goes through a time of war feels very deeply the
responsibility for sending men and women into harm's way and feels very
deeply the pain that the families feel. And this president is no
different. You've seen him many times -- you saw it. You saw it when he
was in that ballroom, Terry. And you had this crowd of servicemen and
-women who were cheering loudly for the president, and he got choked up.
So it's always a sad benchmark, and one of the things the president has
said is that these people will not die in vain. And part of what
happened this very week when the president went to Baghdad, and he sat
down with the prime minister, and he sat down with the cabinet, he sat
down with the president and vice president, and he sat down with the
national security team, and he sat down with the leaders of all the
major political parties, what he saw now is that after all of this, what
you have in Iraq is a free-standing government that has been elected by
the Iraqi people that has a prime minister who's going to be there for
four years, who's determined to act as a prime minister, who's
determined to lead, who's setting priorities. He's somebody we can work
with. You have a minister of defense who has significant experience and
is already working with his colleagues not only here at the Pentagon,
but also General Casey and others in the field. The president
understands that those deaths cannot be in vain. And you've got a
government now that can help ensure that that is not the case.
QUESTION: Was he told about the benchmark, he, the president?
SNOW: I don't know. I'm sure he will hear about it.
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