The Oaf of Office finally acknowledges things aren't all that rosy in Iraq

Do you think they just now informed Bubble Boy of the reality?

[...] President Bush offered an unusually sober assessment Tuesday of the war in Iraq, acknowledging that the insurgency is getting worse, that newly trained Iraqi soldiers are fighting poorly at times and that the war's casualties are taking a heavy toll on military families.

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Bush, who frequently has spoken in the past tense of victories achieved, talked of "eventually" stabilizing Iraq and commented almost wistfully about defeating the enemy in the future. He also said returning troops need more help than they are getting, a particularly poignant theme at this sprawling base, which has been hit harder than most -- 269 Marines killed in action in Iraq and thousands more wounded.

After declaring, "We should be doing more," Bush issued an urgent plea for Americans to support the troops with volunteer efforts and to give them the kind of welcome home that, he noted, returning Vietnam veterans were denied a generation ago.

"The time of war is a time of sacrifice, especially for our military families," the president said after describing some voluntary programs to assist the troops. "I urge every American to find some way to thank our military and to help out the military family down the street."

SF Gate article

Faith-based support. Because the government isn't coming through for them.

Bush noted that his quick visit to Camp Pendleton came on the 63rd anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and he compared that bitter memory with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The war in Iraq, he maintained, is similar to World War II in being a battle for freedom that will leave Americans safer.

He got half of that right. You can certainly compare 9/11 with Pearl Harbor.

But the president insisted, as always, that the setbacks in Iraq will be overcome and that, despite the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, a premise for launching the attack, the war was just.

Can't bring himself to admit the truth. Doesn't dare.

"Free nations listen to the hopes and aspirations of their people," Bush said, referring to the Iraq he had promised to build. "Free nations are peaceful nations. And a free Iraq will make America more secure and the world a peaceful place."

A broken record of hypocrisy and doublespeak.

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