Israel model for Iraq, says Bush
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Thursday, 28 June 2007, 23:56 GMT 00:56 UK
Israel model for Iraq, says Bush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6251982.stm
US President George W Bush has appealed for people to give his strategy in Iraq a chance - holding up Israel as a model for defining success there.
He said America would like to see Iraq function as a democracy while dealing with violence - just as Israel does.
Speaking at the US Naval War College, Mr Bush said success in Iraq would not be defined by an end to attacks.
His remarks come as members of his Republican party are increasingly turning against the war in Iraq.
The US president characterised the war in Iraq as primarily against al-Qaeda forces and their use of "headline-grabbing" suicide attacks and car bombings.
He said: "Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing in the evening news."
The terms of success set out by Mr Bush included "the rise of a government that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens and function as a democracy even amid violence".
Mr Bush suggested Israel as a standard to work towards.
"In places like Israel, terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks.
"The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq."
In December US President George W Bush announced the deployment of a total of 21,500 extra troops in Iraq.
In early March Defence Secretary Robert Gates approved a request for an extra 2,200 military police to support the security drive in Baghdad.
Mr Bush asked officials and the public for patience to allow his strategy to work, thus giving Iraq's leaders time to achieve political reconciliation.
"It's a well-conceived plan by smart military people. And we owe them the time, and we owe them the support they need to succeed," he said.
Israel model for Iraq, says Bush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6251982.stm
US President George W Bush has appealed for people to give his strategy in Iraq a chance - holding up Israel as a model for defining success there.
He said America would like to see Iraq function as a democracy while dealing with violence - just as Israel does.
Speaking at the US Naval War College, Mr Bush said success in Iraq would not be defined by an end to attacks.
His remarks come as members of his Republican party are increasingly turning against the war in Iraq.
The US president characterised the war in Iraq as primarily against al-Qaeda forces and their use of "headline-grabbing" suicide attacks and car bombings.
He said: "Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing in the evening news."
The terms of success set out by Mr Bush included "the rise of a government that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens and function as a democracy even amid violence".
Mr Bush suggested Israel as a standard to work towards.
"In places like Israel, terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks.
"The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq."
In December US President George W Bush announced the deployment of a total of 21,500 extra troops in Iraq.
In early March Defence Secretary Robert Gates approved a request for an extra 2,200 military police to support the security drive in Baghdad.
Mr Bush asked officials and the public for patience to allow his strategy to work, thus giving Iraq's leaders time to achieve political reconciliation.
"It's a well-conceived plan by smart military people. And we owe them the time, and we owe them the support they need to succeed," he said.
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take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
on glenn beck the other night a guest suggested a shah type figure
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
This statement is almost impossible to digest. These cheap fucking swine holding up a brutal, and illegal occupation as the exemplar of a modern society.
I hope that no one will be left in any more doubt as to the lengths these fucking money Nazis will go to support terrorism and injustice in the world.
shit steve, why don't you tell us what you really think.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I definitely don't like Bush, but I kind of agree with these sentiments. It's interesting to me that you didn't highlight the quotes where he explains himself, just the general statements. I don't agree with those statements and at first glance I thought "more idiot statements from Bush", but then I read it again and read past the bold.
I guess I don't think that Israel is the safest place, but that isn't the point that Bush is making. It doesn't seem that Bush is saying that Israel is a standard, but more of a realistic goal. In my opinion Bush needs to be more realistic instead of spouting out propaganda to boost American morale. Maybe he's realizing the American people have minds of their own. Probably wishful thinking...
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmM4_llHP1s&mode=related&search=
Now.... all we have to do is to figure out how to get everyone that's in Iraq... out of Iraq and replace them with Jewish folks.
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That sounds about par from the Bush Administration's Planning and Stratagies Department.
Hail, Hail!!!
"The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities."
So you regard this statement as reasonable? You regard this statement as Bush 'explaining himself'? Since when has Israel carried out it's responsibilities? Please explain this to me whilst keeping in mind that Israel is currently in breach of over 60 U.N resolutions.
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And the Gaza Strip is Emerald City.
*clicks heels three times*
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
Guinness would work wonders for them.