From The New York Times, 5/13/07:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/weekinreview/13stolb.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
WASHINGTON
PROGRESS by September.
That, in three words, is the latest mandate from some nervous
Republicans to President Bush over the war in Iraq.
As the Democratic-controlled House passed yet another war spending
bill last week, and Mr. Bush promised yet another veto, some members
of his own party went to the White House with a blunt warning: We’re
with you now, but if there is no progress by September, all bets are
off.
There’s just one problem.
Nobody in Washington seems to agree on what progress actually means —
or how, precisely, it might be measured.
After his surprise trip to Iraq last week, Vice President ***** Cheney
was asked by Fox News if he saw signs of “decisive progress.”
He responded by talking about Anbar Province, where Sunni tribal
sheiks are turning against Al Qaeda, he said.
Mr. Bush, speaking to the party faithful last week in Washington,
offered his own evidence that things are looking better, even before
all five brigades of his troop buildup are in place.
“Sectarian murders are down,” the president declared, though he
neglected to mention that car bombings and deaths of American soldiers
are up.
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The monthly U.S. death toll through May 12 is 43
3,394 American troops are dead, 25,117 have been wounded, over
655,000 innocent Iraqis are dead and wounded
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