Bush: "To Leave Iraq Now Would Be To Repeat The Costly Mistakes Of The Past That Led To The Attacks Of Sept. 11, 2001"...

The Los Angeles Times:

President Bush said Thursday that mistakes made by three of his predecessors, including the Reagan administration's restraint after the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon, had emboldened terrorists and helped set the stage for the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bush said he was determined not to repeat the pattern by pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq before the insurgency there is contained and Iraqi forces are able to provide adequate security.

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