Bush speech today: Najaf? Mosul? We did a halfass job and we're proud.

That's the essence of the positioning in his speech today. He basically said that although we have poured money into Iraq's infrastructure (while cutting the funds for our infrastructure here at home), a billion a week, we still haven't found a way to restore the water and electricity capacity to these cities that we destroyed with our bombs. There's still kidnappings and terror attacks . . . most of the reconstruction money can't be accounted for . . .

But, we're making progress, he says, and we're proud.

And, oh yeah, "The United States Will Settle For Nothing Less Than Complete Victory In Iraq."


U.S. Funds for Iraq Are Largely Unspent
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26310-2004Jul3.html

Iraq audit can't find billions
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/10/16/iraq_audit_cant_find_billions/

Funds to Rebuild Iraq Are Drifting Away From Target
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9627-2004Oct5.html

I was thinking how if I lived there I would be getting out, because the insurgency will probably start up there with renewed vigor because Bush opened his piehole.

really good point.