Bush Chief Of Staff: Troop Presence In Iraq Likely To Last Beyond 2009

USA Today :

President Bush will address the nation next week about Iraq and U.S. efforts to get that country "well on the path" to stability by the end of his term, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten said Wednesday.

Bolten, who predicted a sizable presence of U.S. troops would remain in Iraq after Bush leaves office, spoke days before the administration delivers a crucial progress report Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are scheduled to testify on Monday and Tuesday.

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Comments

[Mercedes]

01:57 PM on 09/06/2007

Why not just say the TRUTH Bush?

"We will stay in Iraq until every last drop of OIL is pumped out of the ground".

That's the TRUTH, right Bush?

[MetalCanuck]

12:35 PM on 09/06/2007

It will go far into the next decade, he is not lying, the Dmes WILL continue the war. They are all in the CFR so the will of King David Rockefeller needs to be carried out...just ask Hillary, Obama, Edwards...all of them besides Paul , Kucinich and Gravel. Face it folks. Here are a few video's for all of the non believers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5CZvD3-QM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K5A6FQbmm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Ccjqy8mhY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLRWiqNsnY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irGLv6xLFxU

[AnnArky]

10:47 AM on 09/06/2007

"Er, did I say 2009? I really meant 2029, heh, heh."

American Sucks Dick!

[bluesnot]

10:42 AM on 09/06/2007

Wouldn't it be funny if the economy crashed and we didn't have the money to fund the war?

Talk about a silver lining.

[squareyellowpaper]

10:41 AM on 09/06/2007

How can they make such a statement?

What if the new president pulls the trrops out?

Bush is just prolonging this war and killing more people. How evil!

Where is the voice of all those moral christian extremists? Do they actually feel that a war without end and with no objective is morally right?

[BreadandRoses]

10:39 AM on 09/06/2007

The Bushies are really in overdrive when it comes to catapulting the propaganda on the so-called Petraeus Report, which will be written by Bush's speechwriters.

The whole charade is sickening.

[TerryFL]

10:38 AM on 09/06/2007

.

"We will be greeted as liberators"

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[Independent voter]

10:36 AM on 09/06/2007

Once upon a time my Father told me "never start a fight that you can't finish".

It's too bad papa bush didn't give similar advice to junior.

[KenoshaMarge]

10:32 AM on 09/06/2007

As if everyone doesn't all ready know what the 3 Stooges, Bush, Crocker and Petraeus were going to say. More war, more death more money for the war profiteers and more mourning for American and Iraqi families.

[RGKahn]

10:32 AM on 09/06/2007

And Bolten know this "fact", based on what?

[squareyellowpaper]

10:42 AM on 09/06/2007

Can you believe these people have no shame and no integrity!