Bob Novak, AKA “Prince of Darkness”, opines that the President wants to cut and run from Iraq soon after the election. He should read the President’s remarks at the UN and digest them:
Our coalition is standing beside a growing Iraqi security force. The NATO Alliance is providing vital training to that force. More than 35 nations have contributed money and expertise to help rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure. And as the Iraqi interim government moves toward national elections, officials from the United Nations are helping Iraqis build the infrastructure of democracy. These selfless people are doing heroic work, and are carrying on the great legacy of Sergio de Mello.
As we have seen in other countries, one of the main terrorist goals is to undermine, disrupt, and influence election outcomes. We can expect terrorist attacks to escalate as Afghanistan and Iraq approach national elections. The work ahead is demanding. But these difficulties will not shake our conviction that the future of Afghanistan and Iraq is a future of liberty. The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat, it is to prevail.
The advance of freedom always carries a cost, paid by the bravest among us. America mourns the losses to our nation, and to many others. And today, I assure every friend of Afghanistan and Iraq, and every enemy of liberty: We will stand with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq until their hopes of freedom and security are fulfilled.
These two nations will be a model for the broader Middle East, a region where millions have been denied basic human rights and simple justice. For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.
It seems pretty clear to me that the President has no intention of cutting out before the work is done in either Afghanistan or Iraq.
I’ve always figured Novak was guilty of wishful thinking. I think he’s just getting old and cranky.
Well, from a guy who would betray a CIA agent investigating WMD’s to the world, you can’t expect much.
Whatever happened to that investigation anyway? Who wants to bet that CBS finishes its memo investigation and names names WAY before Ashcroft’s hand picked prosecutor makes an accusations against the administration? It makes me wonder when a President makes all these claims for national security but can’t get to the bottom of a possilbu treasonous incident inside his own administration. Is it all just talk and no conviction for Bush? I’m afraid it might be.
Big Time Patriot