From ‘Don’t Tuck Tail and Run’ to ‘I’ll Seek a New Course’
EmailABC News’ Teddy Davis Reports: In his final television appeal to the voters of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sen. George Allen (R-VA) appears alongside Sen. John Warner (R-VA), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and says: "Working with Sen. Warner, I’ll seek a new course for our brave troops that corrects mistakes rather than dwelling on them."
Allen’s pledge to "correct mistakes" and "seek a new course" are the latest sign of how the politics of Iraq have changed.
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When Allen appeared on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on July 9, the Virginia Republican spoke of "progress" in Iraq and counseled that the United States could "persevere" if "we keep our will, keep our resolve . . . and don’t tuck tail and run."
The shift in Allen’s Iraq rhetoric was first noticed by reporters in October when Warner began campaigning with Allen after traveling to Iraq and concluding that the war-torn country was "drifting sideways."
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Seeking a new course and correcting mistakes isn’t tucking tail and running.
George Bush will not change course on whether or not the soldiers will stay in Iraq until Iraq is stable enough to do so. But coming up with ideas to make the process faster is not “changing course”. It’s changing tactics where needed, or coming up with innovative, reformed ideas to allow the US to do this successfully.
Nobody likes war, and it wasn’t promised to be easy either, but we must stand in the face of terrorism.
Posted by: Sunday | November 7, 2006, 11:40 am 11:40 am
It wasn’t a war on terrorism to start in Iraq…our being there created the terrorist threat. This was supposed to be a war to get rid of WMD..not terrorists. There were not in Iraq remember. They were in Afganhistan. Remember Afganhistan?
Posted by: Vic | November 7, 2006, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
This war was created by Bush and his puppetmasters. Staying the course until Iraq is stable is a pipe dream. So long as Iraq is occupied by foreign military forces (U.S.) the entire Middle East is less stable. Republicans need to learn that occupying countries does not create stability, it creates anti occupation sentiment.
Posted by: Dave | November 7, 2006, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Bush has bet his legacy on the Iraq war and for that reason he is invested. He recognizes that he can’t admit any mistakes or that he misled the world with the WMD tale. What has changed since July 9th when we were told of “progress” in Iraq and counseled that the United States could “persevere” if “we keep our will, keep our resolve . . . and don’t tuck tail and run.? Only the fact that the public has a chance to weigh in on Nov. 7th. The republican supporters are in denial, dishonest or both.
Posted by: Geoff Johnson | November 7, 2006, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm
Um, excuse me but I believe you all are mistaken.
This isn’t about Bush’s greed, or WMDs, or terrorism, or Rove or any of the other sideshows.
This is about 1 thing:
George Sr. was humilited by his bungling the middle-east situation when he was president, and his son, bungler jr. simpy wants to avenge his daddy. End of story.
(bungler jr. can’t even spell legacy, let alone understand what it means.)
Posted by: Bender | November 7, 2006, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm