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"CowardlyLiberalHatingTroll" |
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26 Jun 2005 05:10:29 PM |
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What part of 'Mission Accomplished' did we miss? |
June 26, 2005
Victory in Iraq will take years, says Rumsfeld
All Financial Times NewsDonald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, said
on Sunday that Iraqi troops, not US soldiers, would defeat the
insurgency in Iraq, which he said could take years to overcome.
On Fox News, Mr Rumsfeld said: "We're not going to win the insurgency.
The Iraqi people are going to win against the insurgency. That
insurgency could go on for any number of years. Insurgencies tend to go
on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years."
In recent weeks the White House has been forced on to the back foot over
Iraq as some Republicans have joined Democrats in criticising the way
the Bush administration is handling the war. Declining Republican
backing mirrors waning public support.
A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 46 per cent of Americans
favoured a US withdrawal from Iraq, up from 36 per cent in October.
Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican senator, recently accused the White
House of being "disconnected from reality".
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http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.asp?Feed=FT&Date=20050626&ID=4918857
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| User: "Roger" |
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| Title: Re: What part of 'Mission Accomplished' did we miss? |
26 Jun 2005 05:36:05 PM |
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They never said what "mission" meant.
"CowardlyLiberalHatingTroll" <cockledoodledoo@neo.fascist> wrote in message
news:1119823830.11167b42aaa90ce36afc543de5f65488@teranews...
June 26, 2005
Victory in Iraq will take years, says Rumsfeld
All Financial Times NewsDonald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, said on
Sunday that Iraqi troops, not US soldiers, would defeat the insurgency in
Iraq, which he said could take years to overcome.
On Fox News, Mr Rumsfeld said: "We're not going to win the insurgency. The
Iraqi people are going to win against the insurgency. That insurgency
could go on for any number of years. Insurgencies tend to go on five, six,
eight, 10, 12 years."
In recent weeks the White House has been forced on to the back foot over
Iraq as some Republicans have joined Democrats in criticising the way the
Bush administration is handling the war. Declining Republican backing
mirrors waning public support.
A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 46 per cent of Americans
favoured a US withdrawal from Iraq, up from 36 per cent in October. Chuck
Hagel, a Nebraska Republican senator, recently accused the White House of
being "disconnected from reality".
-cont.-
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.asp?Feed=FT&Date=20050626&ID=4918857
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