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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: jwalsh07

What does he mean, Congress debate this? Does he think that the Congress can stop this?


801 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:19 PM PST by Howlin (Don't blame me, I voted Republican!)
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To: Fudd Fan

802 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:21 PM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: clintonh8r

Now Dirtbin is having a news conference? What a pustule this guy is.

MEMO TO RATS: You can't do squat about this except vote to de-fund. Do you feel lucky today, punk? Well, do you?


803 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:24 PM PST by clintonh8r
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To: PhiKapMom

I don't understand it either!


804 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:24 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: Howlin

Powerful speech ... strong stuff ... he needs to do that DAILY!!! GWB will do the right thing, right up until the end, even if he is the last MAN standing. Are there any left in Congress who will join him?


805 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:26 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Saddam is Dead! Bush's Fault. [Pray for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub.])
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To: COUNTrecount

LOL


806 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:30 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: Txsleuth

DISGUSTING.. THE MSM STINKS!!!


807 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:32 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
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To: jveritas

Yes, President Bush just said to destroy any support for terrorists coming Iran and Syria. Excellent and Finally.
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If the terrorists are coming from there then take both those countries out now. Lets fix the problem before it gets worse.


808 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:35 PM PST by racing fan (Go Team Israel!)
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To: Mo1

OK .. now Only Cspan is carrying Durbin


809 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:37 PM PST by Mo1 (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC AND DONATE)
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To: STARWISE

What did everyone think was it a good speech could it have been tougher or what?


810 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:40 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade ("Modern, bureaucratic, unionized education is a form of intellectual child abuse. " NEWT GINGRICH)
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To: STARWISE

Not on the major MSM stations.


811 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:41 PM PST by TAdams8591
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To: COUNTrecount
I switched to Seinfeld. No Turbin for me.
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812 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:45 PM PST by Azbushgal (Thank the Lord for the Canteen!)
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To: txradioguy

You have to remember that you have Democrats in Congress and Democrats in the news media who are working 24/7 to defeat this policy. So put the blame where it belongs. On these Democrat Copperheads who put their own ambitions first.


813 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:47 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: jwalsh07
The joker in the deck is whether Iraq will perform on its promises, whether it has the will (does Maliki have the will?), and whether it has the capacity to do so. I think it more likely than not, it/that they will not. One can only hope that the odds are better than I see them, much better. As the WSJ article pointed out, the downside is a regional conflagration, with everyone free lancing in a desperate effort to secure their position. It will be simply awful, in all liklihood.

Durbin's speech was well within his capacities, in other words, boring and empty and meaningless.

814 posted on 01/10/2007 6:30:55 PM PST by Torie
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To: Mo1

I didn't listen to a single word he said. He's a disgusting human being and I detest him with every fiber of my being.


815 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:01 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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Who the heck is Durbin talking to? Didn't anyone tell him to look at the red light on the camera?
816 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:05 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: Mo1

Fox had him on, too. I turned them off and went to Food Network.


817 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:10 PM PST by Miss Marple (Prayers for Jemian's son,: Lord, please keep him safe and bring him home .)
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To: NonValueAdded; Peach; All
None of the networks are carrying Durbin! LOL

LOL! I normally listen to CNN, the only American cable I can get... but all of the Detroit networks had this on, so I left on Detroit's Fox t.v. network, with Shep Smith. I don't know if this is separate from the American cable broadcast, but they didn't carry Durbin.

Ah, now time for the last half hour of Deal or No Deal. Time to really get down to business. ;)

818 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:11 PM PST by proud American in Canada ("We can, and we will prevail.")
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To: SeaBiscuit

All of us here, praying for him daily and I think He hears us.


819 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:21 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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To: do the dhue

Fox Broadcast Network has gone to a sitcom. No Dem response is being played.

Looks like Fox is relegating the Dems to Fox News Channel.


820 posted on 01/10/2007 6:31:23 PM PST by nhoward14
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