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Bush Lands in Baghdad
Bush’s eight years in the White House will be remembered for two things: the September 11 attacks and the Iraq war. In a valedictory visit to Iraq, where violence has been down significantly from two years ago, Bush has arrived in Baghdad to say his goodbyes. In the light of Iraq’s frail efforts at democracy, the outgoing president says history must be the final judge of whether his Iraq policy was worthwhile. Robert Gates, the present and future defense secretary, who has just returned from Baghdad, says the American mission in Iraq has reached its “endgame.” But a defense spokesman traveling with Gates said he expected American combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities beyond June.
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Is this a joke? You say, "In a valedictory visit to the country he liberated from Saddam Hussein's tyranny, Bush has arrived in Baghdad to say his goodbyes." I assumed it was a quote from the article, but it isn't. Do you actually think of him as having liberated the country from Saddam Hussein's tyranny? He certainly invaded the country, brought untold agony to millions of Iraqis, and finally tracked down an undeniably horrible dictator, but I find your emphasis on the positive downright sick. Bush continues to insist that the invasion was to prevent Saddam from attacking the US, not to save the Iraqi people ... This is not the time to cut the guy some slack. He's been a terrible president and your words (valedictory?) imply quite the opposite.
Looks like Jabba the Hut to me.
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