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To: longnshort who wrote (321810)	1/20/2007 12:18:22 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574784

Blindly into Baghdad … again January 20, 2007 Another defeat in the anarchic Iraqi capital will make it very difficult for George Bush to deny his failure in Iraq. Paul McGeough reports. After nearly four gruelling years, the war in Iraq may be entering its most critical phase - a surge by American forces that needs results in a hurry, lest the whole adventure be confirmed as the US failure it appears to be. The US President, George Bush, has claimed repeatedly that victory is just around the corner. Now, he has actually admitted that his strategy was doomed - far from advancing liberty, it has been spreading anarchy. Washington must try a different tack, the President said. But as Bush aides fleshed out the detail of his new plan over the past 10 days, they robbed the President of the luxury of time. They are demanding policy backflips by the Shiite administration in Baghdad that are seemingly impossible at the same time as they insist on results in a matter of just months. Thus Bush is setting the stage for a critical milestone, not just in the Iraqi conflict, but also in the global war on terrorism which he launched in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. Read more.............. smh.com.au