National Strategy for Victory in Iraq

COMMENTARY
This important news item deserves some attention, including links to opinions and sources. My thoughts? The President already made his case. Nothing is really new here. The growing opposition to the war seems to be as much fueled as it is reported by the mainstream media.

NEWSBYTES
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
(White House) The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003 and provides an update on our progress as well as the challenges remaining. Visit site.

Bush Releases Detailed Strategy Plan
(WASHINGTON Post) President Bush, facing increasing opposition to the war in Iraq, went on the offensive today, releasing a detailed plan for fighting the war and then delivering a major speech in an attempt to show the country that the administration has a clear vision for victory in Iraq.

Bush Maps Out Iraq War Strategy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush, facing growing doubts about his war strategy, said Wednesday that Iraqi troops are increasingly taking the lead in battle but that "this will take time and patience." He refused to set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces.

Bush sees Iraq progress
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - President George W. Bush asked for patience from Americans weary of the rising U.S. death toll in Iraq on Wednesday and said a reduction in U.S. troops may be possible but rejected a pullout timetable.

Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq
(NYT) President Bush's address at the Naval Academy today broadly repeated the aims of the Iraq war as set out in 2003.

Bush Urges Patience On Iraq
(CBS) President Bush defended his embattled war policy in a speech at the U.S. Naval Academy, saying it "will take time and patience" to prepare Iraqi forces to take over from U.S. troops. He refused to set a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.

Bush eyes Iraq endgame
(CSM) WASHINGTON -- The White House has launched a major push to convince the US public that the war in Iraq will end in victory, not just an exit - while defining "victory" as something that may include continued political fragility and insurgent attacks.

Bush has 'plan to end war'
(AFP) Washington - The White House, in its most detailed public plan yet for success in Iraq, said on Wednesday it expected to reduce US forces there in 2006 but warned the country would face violence "for many years to come."

Bush Calls for `Complete Victory,' Cites Progress by Iraqis
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush appealed to an increasingly skeptical public and Congress for patience in Iraq, saying Iraqi security forces were achieving growing success in taking over the fight against violent insurgents.

Tension: Again for the first time
Gravity: Down to earth

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