Anyone listening out there?
From Reuters/Yahoo 20 minutes ago:
White House sees years of Iraq violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday that Iraq was likely to struggle with violence for many years, but as its forces increasingly take over security, U.S. troops can eventually withdraw.
President George W. Bush, in a speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is expected to try and counter criticism that his administration lacks a clear Iraq strategy.
Before the speech, the White House released a document titled, “Our National Strategy for Victory in Iraq,” repeating the Bush administration’s stance that setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq would be harmful because it would embolden the insurgents.
“No war has ever been won on a timetable — and neither will this one,” the document said. …
Here’s a link to The Plan (PDF) via CNN. (Thanks, rba.)
Update [2005-11-30 10:0:39 by susanhu]: George unclassified this document just for you, the American people. It’s the SAME plan they’ve been using all along! Aren’t we fortunate he finally unclassified that document? We’ve been so in the dark. Now we’ll know how the plan will definitely, definitely succeed. Definitely, Reign Man. Definitely.
About those dastardly timetables, CabinGirl wrote below:
You know the difference between a goal and a pipe dream?
Goals have timetables.
