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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (13140)	8/12/2007 7:32:59 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224708

Bush: Iraq strategy sees good results By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Aug 11, 2007 KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - President Bush, presiding over a nation fighting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, on Saturday cast both conflicts in terms of "encouraging news." In stating his case, the president emphasized enemy deaths. "Our new strategy is delivering good results," Bush said of Iraq in his weekly radio address, taped at his parents' summer home on the rocky coast of Maine. The president said his buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq, designed to provide security for the Iraqi government, was taking hold and showing gains. He acknowledged again, though, that Iraq has made frustratingly slow political progress. The president's address was another appeal for patience and an upbeat view of events. He noted the death of Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri, an al-Qaida leader who was behind the bombing of twin minarets at Iraq's prized Golden Dome shrine in Samarra. Al-Badri was killed in a U.S. operation this month. "His death is a victory for a free Iraq, and a sign that America and the Iraqi government will not surrender the future of Iraq to cold-blooded killers," Bush said. Overall, Bush said al-Qaida and other extremists are under withering attack. "Since January," he said, "each month we have killed or captured an average of more than 1,500 al-Qaida terrorists and other enemies of Iraq's elected government." Bush faces sustained skepticism from Congress and the American people. Democratic lawmakers, and many Republican ones too, have lost patience in Iraq's leadership. The next pivotal step for president Bush comes in September with an update from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. "Iraqi forces have taken responsibility for security in a number of areas," Bush said. "They are taking losses at a much higher rate than we are. And they're making these sacrifices willingly, because they are determined to see their children live in freedom." On Afghanistan, Bush voiced confidence in Afghan President Hamid Karzai, with whom he met at the Camp David presidential retreat earlier in the week. Bush, echoing Karzai, said the resurgent Taliban is not a threat to the government of Afghanistan. "The Taliban fighters can still launch attacks on the innocent, but they cannot stop the march of democracy in Afghanistan," said the president.<