Battle ready

Election '06 | In Oval Office interview, President Bush defends his Iraq strategy and dismisses Democratic hopes for victory in November | Cal Thomas

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Had it been a small group of liberals rather than conservative writers meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office on Sept. 12, they might have run from the room like scalded dogs when he said: "I've never been more convinced that the decisions I've made are the right decisions." The president volunteered he knows people consider him stubborn and responds to such criticism with, "If you believe in a strategy . . . you have to stick to that strategy."

Is this ignoring "facts" that things don't appear to be going swimmingly on the ground in Iraq? No, said the president. He believes the struggle will be a long one with "Islamo-radicalism." He said, "The politics of Iraq are going to just take a while to settle out. People still believe Saddam [Hussein] has a chance to come back."

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September 23, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 36

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