The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/I...how/2961113.cms


Iraq war has been difficult, longer than anticipated: Bush
18 Apr 2008, 0840 hrs IST,PTI

WASHINGTON: Admitting that Iraq war has been difficult and longer than it was anticipated, President George W Bush (he can come close to the truth since major combat ended in 5 years ago.) has said that failure in the war-torn country will send a message to the US friends - "you can't count on America."

"Failure in Iraq would send a message to our friends, you can't count on America," Bush said on Thursday at a joint press conference with visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown after talks.

"Success in Iraq will be a significant blow to both Al-Qaeda and Iran's ambitions," he said.

During the talks, the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues including political, economic and environmental.

"I'm interested in succeeding in Iraq. This is a mission that is succeeding on the security front. It's getting better on the economic front. It's improving on the political front. We'll have the troops there necessary to succeed," Bush said. (Well, he occasionally tells the truth, depends on how much benefit he gets from it.)

He, however, admitted: "It hasn't been easy. It's been difficult. It's taken longer than I anticipated." (His one truth...not bad for five years of lies and cover-ups and Well shucks ya know...as a President I'm just dumb as a broken brick.)

"A failure in Iraq would embolden Al-Qaeda, would give them a huge victory, enable them to more likely establish safe haven in a wealthy country to launch attacks against us. (If it's so damn wealthy it can pay it's own bills.)

"And a failure in Iraq would send a message to Iran that the US and its allies were not intent upon making sure that they stay within the borders of their country and... they wouldn't take us seriously when it came to stopping their desires to have a nuclear weapon," he said.

NOTE: All commits in red are not a part of the original article but added to display my own contempt for Bush.