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 Bush to set 'new course' for U.S. role in Iraq
Bush to set 'new course' for U.S. role in Iraq
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. security operations in Baghdad are fundamentally flawed and President Bush will propose a "new course" during a televised address Wednesday night, a White House official said.
In the speech, Bush will announce a plan to send about 20,000 more troops to Iraq in an effort to pacify Baghdad, according to an unnamed U.S. official who spoke to CNN on Tuesday. The speech, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET, will be shown on CNN with a preview beginning at 7 p.m. and will be live online on CNN Pipeline.
Bush will propose an "Iraqi initiative" that requires U.S. support, Dan Bartlett, counselor to the president, told CNN on Wednesday. (Watch Bartlett reveal what Iraq's prime minister did that led to Bush's decision Video)
"What we've seen time and time again in the security operations we've attempted in the past in Baghdad had two real fundamental flaws," Bartlett said. Operations did not include enough Iraqi or U.S. troops "to hold the neighborhoods we had cleared throughout Baghdad," he said.
"Rules of engagement -- where troops could go, who they could go after --were severely restricted by politics in Baghdad," Bartlett said. "That's going to change as well."
"The president will chart a new course in Iraq tonight, one that will expect very different results, particularly from the Iraqis."
Iraq's fledgling government has been strained by infighting while sectarian violence and insurgent attacks have plagued many parts of the capital.
"It gives us the best chance to give the Iraqi government the kind of breathing space they're going to need to have political reconciliation," Bartlett said.
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When are we gonna realize that it's wrong to take over other countries and tell them how to live?
Will it take another world war? Will the United States have to be crushed and humbled in order to stop this madness?
Geez, Mr. Bush. It's not working. It's pretty obvious. So you've got a new plan? What makes this better than the others you've had? OHHHHHHH. This time you're gonna kill even more of our troops! I see.
How is this better???
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1/10/2007, 11:39 am
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Lachesis
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Re: Bush to set 'new course' for U.S. role in Iraq
i think we've gotta ween the Iraqi people of our prescese. They don't want us there anyways, so we should trickle ourselves out, and let them deal with their own problems. Bush is more concerned because of the whole oil thing, but that's another debate all together.
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1/10/2007, 11:49 am
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Sanguis
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Re: Bush to set 'new course' for U.S. role in Iraq
He's just trying to stay to coarse so he doesn't look like a looser with a bad game plan. He won't admid defeat.
Poor guy. I agree with you Lachesis. I hope the Democrats overrule that ****. 
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