Bush: Iraq Is "Straining The Psyche Of Our Country"...
President Bush said Monday the Iraq war is "straining the psyche of our country" but leaving now would be a disaster.
Bush served notice at a news conference that he would not change course or flinch from debate about the unpopular war as he campaigns for Republicans in the fall congressional elections. In fact, he suggested that national security and the economy should be the top political issues, and criticized the Democrats' approach on both.


The New York Times | Terence Hunt | August 21, 2006 09:30 PM