Administration Demands Iraq Withdrawal
The Bush administration admitted today that it was impossible for Iraq to have free elections and demanded that foreign troops withdraw.
According to President Bush, "We want that democracy ... to succeed, and we know it cannot succeed so long as she is occupied by a foreign power."
A senior administration official speaking anonymously said, "How free an election can [they] have if [foreign] troops and intelligence agents are all over the place, intimidating people who want to run for office, intimidating people who are in office?"
President Bush's statement to a crowd in New Jersey was quite clear. "When we say complete withdrawal, we mean complete withdrawal - no halfhearted measures. [Foreign] troops, [foreign] intelligence services must get out ... now."
There was additional irony provided by the president and administration official by the use of the code words Lebanon, Syria and Syrian when referring to Iraq, America and American.
According to President Bush, "We want that democracy ... to succeed, and we know it cannot succeed so long as she is occupied by a foreign power."
A senior administration official speaking anonymously said, "How free an election can [they] have if [foreign] troops and intelligence agents are all over the place, intimidating people who want to run for office, intimidating people who are in office?"
President Bush's statement to a crowd in New Jersey was quite clear. "When we say complete withdrawal, we mean complete withdrawal - no halfhearted measures. [Foreign] troops, [foreign] intelligence services must get out ... now."
There was additional irony provided by the president and administration official by the use of the code words Lebanon, Syria and Syrian when referring to Iraq, America and American.
Source: "Syria may pull some troops from Lebanon," Craig Nelson, Cox News Service, San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2005. Page A3.
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