The President Has An Exit Strategy
Scott McClellan:
Details of the President's plan for Iraq at the link.
For the last couple of years Democrats have been demanding an exit strategy, a "timetable for withdrawal" from Iraq. The point they've been missing is that we cannot simply set an arbitrary date for ending the mission in Iraq. The President has had an exit strategy all along. He's been telling us what it is again and again since Saddam fell: America will stand down when Iraq can stand up. When the government in Iraq is capable of governing and the security forces are capable of protecting the people and the government America will depart, and not one single day before that.
This is a very simple concept to grasp, yet still we have Democrats (John Murtha, most recently) clamoring for withdrawal. As though ending the war, not winning the war, were the goal. Murtha's resolution called for withdrawal from Iraq "at the earliest time practicable" with absolutely no mention of what objectives had to be achieved before the withdrawal could begin. In essence, his resolution would have had our troops coming home as soon as they could pack up and leave. Which would have left Iraq twisting in the wind. All the sacrifices we've made, all the hard work done by our soldiers, would have been for naught.
The President has a plan for Iraq. He's always had a plan. It has always been clear what our objectives are in Iraq. The President's political enemies don't want you to think he has a plan. They want you to feel hopeless when you think about Iraq, because that hopeless feeling will make you loose faith in the current leadership and cause them to win elections.
Because, you see, its not about sound foreign policy for the left, its about getting back into power.
There is a strong consensus building in Washington in favor of President Bush's strategy for victory in Iraq. As the Iraqi security forces gain strength and experience, we can lessen our troop presence in the country without losing our capability to effectively defeat the terrorists. Today, Sen. Biden described a plan remarkably similar to the Administration's plan to fight and win the war on terror. We welcome Sen. Biden's voice in the debate. We are pleased he shares our view that the way to a democratic and peaceful Iraq is through aggressively training Iraqi police and soldiers, rebuilding the country's infrastructure and forging political compromises between Iraqi factions.
Details of the President's plan for Iraq at the link.
For the last couple of years Democrats have been demanding an exit strategy, a "timetable for withdrawal" from Iraq. The point they've been missing is that we cannot simply set an arbitrary date for ending the mission in Iraq. The President has had an exit strategy all along. He's been telling us what it is again and again since Saddam fell: America will stand down when Iraq can stand up. When the government in Iraq is capable of governing and the security forces are capable of protecting the people and the government America will depart, and not one single day before that.
This is a very simple concept to grasp, yet still we have Democrats (John Murtha, most recently) clamoring for withdrawal. As though ending the war, not winning the war, were the goal. Murtha's resolution called for withdrawal from Iraq "at the earliest time practicable" with absolutely no mention of what objectives had to be achieved before the withdrawal could begin. In essence, his resolution would have had our troops coming home as soon as they could pack up and leave. Which would have left Iraq twisting in the wind. All the sacrifices we've made, all the hard work done by our soldiers, would have been for naught.
The President has a plan for Iraq. He's always had a plan. It has always been clear what our objectives are in Iraq. The President's political enemies don't want you to think he has a plan. They want you to feel hopeless when you think about Iraq, because that hopeless feeling will make you loose faith in the current leadership and cause them to win elections.
Because, you see, its not about sound foreign policy for the left, its about getting back into power.
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