Bush Holds the Line

At this point I suppose you almost have to begrudge the man some credit just for holding the line.




Bush ties al Qaeda in Iraq to Sept. 11

CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Bush made provocative new assertions Tuesday
about Al Qaeda's role in Iraq, using recently declassified information to make
his case that the global battle with the terrorism network — and Americans'
safety at home — hinges on keeping U.S. troops there to fight.




Bush's comments were met with skepticism by some terrorism experts and
former U.S. intelligence officials, who said the president exaggerated or even
misrepresented the facts in Iraq. For a transcript of the president's remarks, click
here.




Speaking to about 300 troops at Charleston Air Force Base, Bush said that
Al Qaeda in Iraq was essentially the same organization that attacked the U.S. on
Sept. 11, 2001, and that it was by far the biggest threat facing Iraqis and
U.S.-led coalition troops there. Bush said that its leaders took orders from Al
Qaeda officials coordinating the organization's worldwide jihad, or holy war,
and that they would be killing civilians somewhere else if they were not in
Iraq.

Meanwhile, over there.... we're at 3637 soldiers down.


For the Iraqis, every day is a living nightmare.