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I suspect -- I know this, Ed, that if our troops thought that I was taking a poll to decide how to conduct this war, they would be very concerned about the mission. In other words, if our troops said, well, here we are in combat, and we've got a Commander-in-Chief who is running a focus group -- in other words, politics is more important to him than our safety and/or our strategy -- that would dispirit our troops. And there's a lot of constituencies in this fight -- clearly the American people, who are paying for this, is the major constituency. And I repeat to you, Ed, I understand that there -- this violence has affected them. And a lot of people don't think we can win. There's a lot of people in Congress who don't think we can win, as well, and therefore their attitude is, get out. ...A second constituency is the military. And I repeat to you, I'm pretty confident our military do not want their Commander-in-Chief making political decisions about their future. ...Another constituency group that is important for me to talk to is the Iraqis. Obviously, I want the Iraqi government to understand that we expect there to be reconciliation top down, that we want to see laws passed. I think they've got that message. ...And, finally, another constituency is the enemy, who are wondering whether or not America has got the resolve and the determination to stay after them. And so that's what I think about, Ed. -- Dubya considers "the enemy" a constituency he must answer to? That's a new one. White House, Jul. 12, 2007 I find it interesting that as this young democracy has taken hold [in Iraq], radicals and extremists kill innocent people to stop its advance. -- "Interesting" isn't the description I would have chosen, White House, Jul. 12, 2007 REPORTER: You spoke very soberly and seriously in your statement about how you weighed different legal questions in coming to your decision on that commutation. But one issue that you did not address was the issue of the morality of your most senior advisors leaking the name of a confidential intelligence operator. Now that the case is over -- it's not something you've ever spoken to -- can you say whether you're at all disappointed in the behavior of those senior advisors? And have you communicated that disappointment to them in any way? DUBYA: Michael, I -- first of all, the Scooter Libby decision was, I thought, a fair and balanced decision. Secondly, I haven't spent a lot of time talking about the testimony that people throughout my administration were forced to give as a result of the special prosecutor. I didn't ask them during the time and I haven't asked them since. I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person, and I've often thought about what would have happened had that person come forth and said, I did it. Would we have had this, you know, endless hours of investigation and a lot of money being spent on this matter? But it's been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House, and it's run its course and now we're going to move on. -- Not only does he channel the Fox News motto here, but Dubya also indicates that he has no interest in chastising anyone within his sphere of influence for outing a covert CIA operative. Instead, he'd prefer to fault the legal process for trying to get to the bottom of the leak. And, of course, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has already gone on record as at least one confirmed identity leaker. I'm sure it just slipped Dubya's mind. White House, Jul. 12, 2007 There is a conversion of visions between what Iraqi leaders want, what our partners want and what our friends in the region want, and the vision articulated by my administration, the Iraq Study Group and others here at home. -- I'm assuming he was supposed to say "convergence" here, only he didn't... White House, Jul. 12, 2007 I've said this before. I understand that this is an ugly war. It's a war in which an enemy will kill innocent men, women and children in order to achieve a political objective. -- I don't think that Dubya can reasonably claim he hasn't been sending innocent men and women to do exactly the same thing, White House, Jul. 12, 2007 The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th. -- 1) No they weren't. 2) Why can't Dubya resist calling terrorists "folks"? White House, Jul. 12, 2007 Our first Independence Day celebration took place in a midst of a war -- a bloody and difficult struggle that would not end for six more years before America finally secured her freedom. More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way -- but at the time, America's victory was far from certain. -- It's been two centuries plus two decades since the Revolutionary War, but hopefully Dubya knows that. Martinsburg, West Virginia, Jul. 4, 2007 We believe in an Almighty, we believe in the freedom for people to worship that Almighty. They don't. -- Actually, it may surprise you to learn that some Americans don't believe in an Almighty, Dubya... Martinsburg, West Virginia, Jul. 4, 2007 If we were to allow them to gain control of Iraq, they would have control of a nation with massive oil reserves -- which they could use to fund new attacks and exhort economic blackmail on those who didn't kowtow to their wishes. -- Dubya comes up with an inventive new use for the word "exhort" here, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Jul. 4, 2007 David L. 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