Bush Puts Hold On Troop Cuts: Back To The Future?

Published: April 10, 2008, 3:28 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential election, bush arrogance, iraq, military issues general, politics u s, propaganda catapulting, back to the future, doc brown, general david petraeus, george w bush, network, troop cuts, troop surge

I was sure the writers strike had ended…but then I tuned in today to see the President repeating the same script he’s been promoting for years…the one that suggests the war in Iraq will come to a happy ending…eventually. One has to wonder whether those in charge of directing this production are engaged in an endless edit…locked in a hopeless power struggle to determine if this incursion into Iraq should be billed as a comedy or a tragedy. Regardless, it seems to me that they have mislabeled their latest episode. Rather than call the current act “The Surge”, I think it might be best to have titled it “The Stall”. From The Associated Press: WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday ordered an indefinite halt in U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq after July, embracing the key recommendations of his top war commander. Bush said Gen. David Petraeus will “have all the time he needs” to consider when more American forces

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