Is this Bush's way out of Iraq?
The Grand Emperor said something I found rather interesting in his speech tonight. As he explained why it was necessary to send and additional 20,000+ U.S. troops to Iraq, he made this comment:
I've made it clear to the Prime Minister and Iraq's other leaders that America's commitment is not open-ended. If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people -- and it will lose the support of the Iraqi people.So is this his true new strategy? Put all of the weight of the disaster that has become Iraq on shoulders of the Iraqi "government?" What I heard in this comment was "you see...if this 'new' plan doesn't work, we can pull out of Iraq and say, 'hey, we warned you! You let this happen so it's on you. We're gone.'"
I really wouldn't put it past this administration. It's the only way I see the Bush administration weaseling their way out of this mess and still managing to get out while making it look like we "won." "Hey, we didn't screw up...the Iraqi government did. Not our problem if they're incompetent."
Well either way, I'm interested in hearing the Democrat responses in the morning. Especially from Kennedy since the first wave of new troops has already arrived in Iraq.