Is It Possible that The President Doesn’t Know What ‘Encouraged’ Means?
by matt at 12:00 pm on October 1st, 2005 in Bush Man Date, Iraq WarRemedial vocabulary lessons are in order:
President Bush said Saturday he is encouraged by the increasing size and capability of the Iraqi security forces, touting progress on a key measure for when U.S. troops can come home.
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On Wednesday, [Gen. George Casey, top U.S. commander in Iraq] told Congress that only one Iraqi army battalion was ready to go into combat without U.S. support, down from three estimated a few months ago.
Maggie wrote:
I’d say he’s a bit unclear on the definition of ‘progress’, too…
Posted 01 Oct 2005 at 3:45 pm ¶