Bush: “Not Leaving Until Complete Victory”
Arbil, Sept 4, (VOI)- President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region Massoud Barazani said on Tuesday that the U.S. President George W. Bush has pledged not to abandon Iraq till achieving “complete victory”, denouncing the Iranian shelling of the Kurdish villages in the region.
Addressing the first session of the second legislative term of the Kurdish parliament, the Kurdistan president said “the U.S. president pledged to realize complete victory and this is the U.S. administration’s strategy.”
“Bush asserted during his meeting with Iraqi leaders that he will not accept to lose or to leave the country in a way that could be described as a U.S. surrender,” Barazani explained.
Meanwhile, the Kurdistan region president strongly denounced the Iranian-Turkish shelling of the border regions, urging the two countries to immediately stop these acts.
He emphasized that the shelling of the border regions does not serve Iraq’s neighboring countries’ interests.
“I strongly criticized the shelling, mainly the Iranian because its artillery shelling surpassed the border regions and we did not expect that from Iran,” the president noted.
U.S. President George W. Bush arrived Monday in Iraq on a surprise one-day visit to the country.
Bush was accompanied by a number of U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley.
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Most telling sign with all of these photos of Bush in Iraq is the lack of flak jackets.
September 4th, 2007 at 1:15 pm“By all you hold dear! This good earth! I bid you stand Men of the West!”
September 4th, 2007 at 1:58 pmhe is in the middle of a major airbase, not main st. in fallujah. I think a lot of progress has been made but the flak jackets don’t say much considering where he is.
September 4th, 2007 at 3:13 pmD_Mac:
Whether GW is at an airbase or main street its still a comabt zone. The lack of ballistic vests tells me their is/are a lack of ballistic incidents. A sure sign that things are going well.
Speaking of which, if I’m not mistaken, a couple of weeks ago I saw clips of Petraeous and his staff going into a souk, also without vests.
Looks good to me.
September 4th, 2007 at 4:23 pmThose vests are not really needed on post, if they can get thru the security on post then your screwed anyway. only thing you have to fear on post is indirrect fire from mortars, or direct fire from them if they have managed to get some pace counts while posing as TCN’s on post.
September 4th, 2007 at 6:41 pm…Let me say again, what we want and what we will work for is a government in Iraq that represents and respects its people not represses them, and one committed to living in peace with its neighbors. In the century we are leaving America has often made the difference between tyranny and freedom, between chaos and community, between fear and hope. In this case, as so often in the past, the reason America can make the difference is the patriotism and professionalism of our military. Once again, its strength, its readiness, its capacity, is advancing America’s interest and the cause of world peace. We must remain vigilant, strong and ready, here and wherever our values and interests are at stake. Thanks to our military we will be able to do so.
Bill Clinton ~ November 15, 1998
My guess is, that Bush or Cheney wrote this speach for Clinton, someone should hand this to Hillary for a talking point the next time she’s throwing back drinks with Letterman in New York.
September 4th, 2007 at 6:47 pmBAH;
September 4th, 2007 at 10:32 pmDoncha know? The Ds have decided to MoveOn from their previous pro-US pro-military positions, which were clearly errors induced by evil dupesters, like Bushitler, Neo-Condoleeza, and the Elders of Zion.