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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (746887)	8/3/2006 7:19:18 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Iraqi leader pledged earlier this week to take over security in all provinces by year end. In Germany, Japan, Korea and Bosnia we remained after major conflict had ended. When conflict was underway in the wars (german, japan) police actions (Korea, Bosnia) we were not claiming any goverment was in place and operating. If we want to claim there are still "major combat operations" underway in Iraq, then we are at war. But the President said that was not so a long time ago. Then there was an insurgency, which was declared by the Vice-President to be in its "last throes". Not so. Iraq is a different kind of military operation. If we want to declare ourselves again as the occupying power and take authority, fine. But I don't hear that. After the carnage of WWII, Germany and Japan were quite peaceful under our occupation..not quite the case now. Are we occupiers? I doubt you could get the President to say that. Not with an elected government in place. But that government is losing credibility every day. Look at today's Iraq headlines.