In his news conference, Bush was asked when our troops would come home from Iraq. He said that the decision would be made by:
“future presidents and future governments of Iraq”
What a booboo! Republicans screamed and Rice was dispatched to several Sunday talk shows to explain that things are going well enough that some troops would be coming home this year. I'm wondering what to believe, the bad news of the president or the good news of the Secretary?
Good news? Where is the good news? Good news usualy refers to the building of the Iraqi infrastructure. Rep. John Murtha gave us a snapshot of the "good news" back in November of 2005, which is not so long ago:
"Oil production and energy production are below pre-war levels. Our reconstruction efforts have been crippled by the security situation. Only $9 billion of the $18 billion appropriated for reconstruction has been spent. Unemployment remains at about 60 percent. Clean water is scarce... And most importantly, insurgent incidents have increased from about 150 per week to over 700 in the last year... Since the revelations at Abu Ghraib, American casualties have doubled."
More recently, NBC's Baghdad correspondent Richard Engel said:
“Most Iraqis I speak to say, ‘Actually most reporters get it wrong--it’s the situation on the ground is actually worse than the images we project on television.’"
Put that together with today's AP headline:
"30 Killed By Suicide Bomber Today, 30 Found Beheaded Yesterday, 16 Killed During US-Led Mosque Raid."
Bush blames everyone else for his mistakes. He is ruining our country with this "long war" and the Republican House and Senate are helping him. We need a new House and a new Senate. Vote out the Republicans and vote in the Democrats. Maybe then we will achieve some good news.
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