Bush Postpones Thinking about Iraq Until 2009
Says Thinking Would Send ‘Wrong Message’ to EnemySaying that it was too early to assess whether the surge of additional troops into Baghdad was improving the security situation in the capital city, President George W. Bush said today he would postpone thinking about Iraq until 2009.
While congressional Democrats have urged the president to start thinking about Iraq now, the president said that setting a timetable for thinking about the war would send the “wrong message” to the insurgents.
“Thinking about the war in Iraq is exactly what the insurgents want us to do,” Mr. Bush told reporters. “By saying that we are giving the war in Iraq a thoughtful assessment, we would be playing directly into the evildoers’ hands.”
The president also lashed out at the Democrats in congress for spending “untold hours” thinking about the war and argued that “excessive thinking” about Iraq would undermine the position of the U.S. troops there.
“The best thing we can do to support the troops is to not think about them,” the president said. Read more here...
- April 30, 2007
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