Troop pullout ‘victory for terrorists’
DICK CHENEY, the US Vice-President, responded to growing congressional calls for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by saying the move would hand victory to Islamic terrorists.
“A precipitous withdrawal from Iraq would be a victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations, and a terrible blow to the security of the US,” Mr Cheney said after a week in which the Republican-controlled Senate demanded an exit strategy and President Bush was accused of manipulating prewar intelligence.
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Mr Cheney used a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank, to defend the war and warn America against retreat. Mr Cheney spoke amid clear signs that opposition to the war in Congress, and in the US at large, is accelerating. In the past fortnight the issue has eclipsed all other subjects and has begun to take a significant toll on Mr Bush’s presidency.
Two thirds of Americans believe that the war was a mistake, and less than half trust Mr Bush.
Right or wrong, we started the war in Iraq and by damned we need to finish it! Lest you forget Post war Germany had the same issues: bombing, attacks, terrorists, mobs.... It didn't get better overnight.. Everyone is quick to offer up advice when things aren't going peachy!!
“A precipitous withdrawal from Iraq would be a victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations, and a terrible blow to the security of the US,” Mr Cheney said after a week in which the Republican-controlled Senate demanded an exit strategy and President Bush was accused of manipulating prewar intelligence.
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Mr Cheney used a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank, to defend the war and warn America against retreat. Mr Cheney spoke amid clear signs that opposition to the war in Congress, and in the US at large, is accelerating. In the past fortnight the issue has eclipsed all other subjects and has begun to take a significant toll on Mr Bush’s presidency.
Two thirds of Americans believe that the war was a mistake, and less than half trust Mr Bush.
Right or wrong, we started the war in Iraq and by damned we need to finish it! Lest you forget Post war Germany had the same issues: bombing, attacks, terrorists, mobs.... It didn't get better overnight.. Everyone is quick to offer up advice when things aren't going peachy!!
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