From the Financial Times:President George W. Bush, fresh from a surprise trip to Iraq, on Wednesday sought to lower expectations of what should be defined as success in the country while sketching out a future strategy that did not appear markedly different from the past.
Americans should not have a “zero violence expectation”, Mr Bush said in a news conference.
“Winning means a government that can sustain itself, defend itself and govern itself, and an ally in the war on terror, and we will help this government do that,” he said in a significant departure from the rhetoric that accompanied the 2003 invasion.
Mr Bush on Wednesday said he had a message for the enemy: “Don’t bet on American politics forcing my hand because it’s not going to happen. I’m going to make decisions not based upon politics, but based upon what’s best for the United States of America.”
Okay, so, we win the war on terror when Iraq is an ally in the war on terror. This really clears things up for me. Thanks, Decider-In-Chief.
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