http://monkeytenniscentre.blogspot.com/2008/03/bbc-accuses-bush-of-claiming-victory.html The BBC accuses Bush of 'claiming victory' in Iraq again. He didn't. ..... If read the speech, however - I happened to see the excerpt in question on Hugh Hewitt's blog - you'll find that Bush didn't say that at all. (If you don't want to read the whole thing use your browser's 'Find' field to search for 'victory' â it's the first instance.)
What he said was the following: The surge has done more than turn the situation in Iraq around â it has opened the door to a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror. Bush didn't say the surge had 'brought about' a strategic victory, he said they had 'opened the door' to it. He was saying that the surge has paved the way for a victory over Al Qaeda; he did not say the victory had been achieved. .... So basically the BBC reported the news the way they wanted to, not the way it was. Truth in media >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7305023.stm > >"President George W Bush has marked the fifth anniversary of the >US-led invasion of Iraq with a speech defending his decision to go to >war. > >Speaking at the Pentagon, Mr Bush said the war was one "we can and must win". > >And he went on to say that the recent "surge" of US troops to Iraq has >brought about "a major strategic victory in the broader war on >terror". " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
