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Bush adding 21,500 troops to Iraq force - LIVE thread- speech 9pm EST
Yahoo/AP ^ | 1-10-07 | TerenceHunt

Posted on 01/10/2007 2:30:20 PM PST by STARWISE

Unswayed by anti-war passions, President Bush will send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq and build the American presence there toward its highest level to quell worsening bloodshed. The move puts Bush on a collision course with the new Democratic Congress and runs counter to advice from some senior generals.

Set to announce his decisions in a prime-time speech Wednesday night, Bush was to acknowledge making major mistakes in Iraq, primarily failing to deploy enough U.S. soldiers and demand more Iraqi troops and cooperation to confront the country's near-anarchy.

In advance of Bush's address, White House counselor Dan Bartlett said U.S. military operations have been "handcuffed by political interference by Iraqi leadership" — but now will proceed under rules allowing troops to confront Shiite militias as well as Sunni insurgents.

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The new Democratic leaders of Congress met with Bush and complained afterward that their opposition to a buildup had been ignored. "This is the third time we are going down this path. Two times this has not worked," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "Why are they doing this now? That question remains."

Senate and House Democrats are arranging votes urging the president not to send more troops. While lacking the force of law, the measures would compel Republicans to go on record as either bucking the president or supporting an escalation.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; bush; iran; iraq; presbush; syria; troops; wot
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To: TADSLOS
I am a huge Bobby Knight fan (raised a Hoosier). When I moved to Texas, I thought I would try and go to Texas Tech and check out Bobby Knight in person. I see that it is about eight hours from here. I'd have to make a three day weekend out of it. Two days just driving.
1,661 posted on 01/11/2007 7:58:40 PM PST by do the dhue (How come the Demorats have not fixed Iraq yet? They're inept!! Vote 'em out!!)
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To: freema
One step closer.

Always remember that revolutions are not started by the poor; they haven't the means or energy. They are not started by the rich; they have too much to lose.

They are started by the middle class; abused excessively by taxes, abrogation of their rights by the tyranny of minority interests, and manifest indifference to their situation by an increasingly corrupt and degenerate political class. When the middle class loses hope for themselves and their children, it is time to look out.

Remember, in the French Revolution, Danton was a petty noble, Robespierre a schoolteacher, Fouchet a schoolteacher.

I am pleased that Washington, D.C. has so many lampposts surrounding the Capitol, there will be enough gibbets for all 535 members of the House and Senate.

1,662 posted on 01/12/2007 7:48:21 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Geez. Petty nobles and schoolteachers, and I'm just a Mother
; ) Some folk, though, call me other things....


1,663 posted on 01/12/2007 3:33:17 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: freema
"Just a mother"???

No creature in nature is more violent, more absolute, more terrifying than a mother whose young is threatened.

1,664 posted on 01/12/2007 3:48:53 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
No more troops for Iraq. We are headed for the quagmire of Korea and Viet Nam. What we need is a leader with the backbone to win this war.What we do is use the weapons we now have in Iraq. Start in the known bad parts of Baghdad and blow the hell out of them. Keep destroying their hang outs until the locals start to help us in order to save their city. We have plenty of high explosive bombs and planes to deliver them. Iraq is not worth the loss of one more American Young Person. We have been in too many wars that we didn't intend to win. If we are not going in to win these brush fires then we should stay to hell out of those rat holes..I spent my time in the Korean War and can tell you of the heart break and feeling of desolation you will feel when one of you Buddies is killed for nothing. Either get in to Win or get out.
1,665 posted on 01/14/2007 10:10:10 PM PST by BooBoo1000 (Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
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To: BooBoo1000

I LISTENED TO high level Baker Report, in one point the stuffed suite reccomended we take Baghadad back and hold it. Well what do you know. George Patton had this figured out a long time ago, he said ' I am not paying for any realestate twice." Blow the hell out of them then go in and set what is left on fire, sit on the side lines and shoot the rats when they run out. Then hold on to that realestate and start in on the next neighborhood. We could do the whole thing without loosing one soldier. Get the Air Force off of their fat buts and get them to hauling the freight. For the bleeding hearts and nay sayers, who yell about a few civilians getting killed. Remember " God knows his own""
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1,666 posted on 01/14/2007 10:34:47 PM PST by BooBoo1000 (Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
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To: BooBoo1000
"Either get in to Win or get out."

You will get no argument from me on this sentiment. Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara killed 50,000 of our people including some of my friends by trying to run the war from ther basement of the White House.

"Proportionate Response" was the mantra they used to justify their half a^^ed approach to the war.

1,667 posted on 01/15/2007 6:15:02 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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