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...sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, during an address in which he outlined a five-point plan for Iraq's transition to democracy...
Last week George W. Bush and John Kerry gave major foreign policy speeches, and I agreed with just about everything each man said, which means they probably didn't say much of anything useful. President Bush laid out a five-point plan for Iraq; Senator Kerry laid out a four-point global foreign policy. Both speeches were resolute on terrorism and honest about our responsibilities to the Iraqi people. Both speeches were nattily written. Bush included some of his usual eloquent freedom riffs. Kerry's language was clear and clean, for a change. And yet, both speeches were dispiriting...
...President has a far more difficult problem, and quite the opposite of Kerry's. He got us into this mess. He has continually explained the war in platitudes. His imprecise idealism is not only inappropriate now, but has become downright annoying. His five-point plan is built on the quicksand of Ambassador L. Paul Bremer's failed seven-point plan-and it bears little resemblance to the emerging realities on the ground. The truth is, we are in full-scale retreat, both politically and militarily. Bush believes that Iraq is the front line in the war on terrorism...
...success of the five-point exit strategy outlined by President Bush depends, at the first hurdle, on being able to satisfy both UN Security Council member states, and the Iraqis themselves, that the U.S. intends to begin a genuine ceding of control over events in Iraq on June 30. That question will be answered, first and foremost, in the relationship between a new Iraqi political authority and the U.S. armies that remain on its turf. Right now, that relationship remains to be defined. And each potential answer to the question carries its own substantial package of risks...
Anderson gave the Crimson a clinching fourth point with her 6-3, 6-1 win over Paulter in No. 5 singles. Chu made it a five-point margin with a 6-4, 6-2 victory...