“If that’s what you need, that’s what you got.”-- George W. Bush, describing his answer to General David Petraeus’ request for 20,000 more troops. The only problem--the General had asked for 100,000 more troops and knew he needed 200,000 to give a “surge” a fighting chance. “Which begs the question: Why didn’t Bush increase the force by the requested amount?” --UPI, 7/17/07
*****
So far, Mr. Bush’s unnecessary wars on Iraq and Afghanistan has cost the lives of 4,134 American military personnel (as of 8/21/07), and no one really knows how many hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed.
· “Two thousand Iraqis are fleeing their homes every day. It is the greatest mass exodus of people ever in the Middle East and dwarfs anything seen in Europe since the Second World War. Four million people, one in seven Iraqis, have run away, because if they do not they will be killed.”-- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 7/30/07
...and that’s the way it is in BushWorld today.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
