Bush to Focus on Economic Progress in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq

WASHINGTON - In defense of his war policy, President Bush will highlight U.S. efforts to help Iraqis overhaul their economy and rebuild their shattered infrastructure — an endeavor continually undermined by unrelenting violence.

Bush's speech Wednesday, will focus on economic progress in Iraq, was the second in a series of addresses to answer criticism and questions about U.S. presence in Iraq. The administration has cited increases in Iraq's gross domestic product, work to boost oil production, the creation of new businesses and an explosion of cell phones as evidence of economic progress.

In response, Senate Democrats were issuing a report Wednesday saying the U.S. faces a reconstruction gap in Iraq. While the Bush administration cites the number of new schools built, roads paved and businesses created, "the simple fact is that basic needs — jobs, essential services, health care — remain unmet," the Democrats' report said.

As well as trumpeting progress, Bush, in a speech hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, also was to detail remaining challenges on the economic front. The Bush administration says these include:

... after which Bush has refused to answer any questions from pointy-headed intellectuals.

Why am I not surprised...?

health care — remain unmet,"

For a minute I thought they were talking about the United States or Corporate Corruption.

who can't make economic progress in the United States, except for the upper classes, will now pontificate about how to achieve economic progress in Iraq. Brilliant. He is not laying out policy, or plans, he is spewing platitudes, just as he always does. The bottom line is that everything he does is designed to help his cronies.

If ordinary people here, or in Iraq are helped, all well and good, but his first and last objective is to milk all the money he can for his corrupt cohorts. We know this, and so do the Iraqis. If they do not have jobs, essential services, or health care, I don't think the Iraqis give a rat's ass about oil production...the profits don't go to them...or how many cell phones are in use.

does he mean the same cell phones that are used to set off IED's :sarcasm: ?

How about economic progress in America?

Our schools, our roads, bridges, sewers, power plants, where's the program for energy independence?
We're cutting the meals for seniors here because we don't have the money to fund it, fuck you chimp*.

I think that they should just cut off all foreign aid/foreign bullshit and focus on this country.
There are way too many people going down the tubes here.:hurts:

Bush's speech Wednesday, will focus on economic progress in Iraq, was the second in a series of addresses to answer criticism and questions about U.S. presence in Iraq.


"will focus"...."Was the second"


Must be real easy to become a journalist these days.

by bragging about "progress" in Iraq, Bush is risking pissing off ordinary Americans. Americans typically DON'T care about other countries. This is a proven fact.

If there are major problems at home, citizens care even less about other countries and their problems.

Now on top of that, Bush is going to brag and take huge credit for "Fixing Iraq". How was that paid for? Why, with U.S. taxpayer money, that's how.

That's going to infuriate a) Joe Sixpack who is having trouble surviving and b) moderate republicans who would like to shoot Bush. And why should Joe react any differently, when they start stacking up the frozen bodies who could not afford to pay their electricity bill this winter in the frozen Northeast.

AS IF that wasn't bad enough, the "Bragging" is in fact a bunch of lies. Iraq is a festering hell-hole.

So what happened to that reconstruction money?