In a speech from the White House on January 11, 2007, after announcing a troop surge in Iraq, President Bush stated: ” ‘The year ahead [will be] bloody and violent.’ ” – Thomas E. Ricks, The Gamble, Page 123 […]
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1/11/2007
Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte “contradicted the findings of his own intelligence agencies when he testified to Congress in January [11] 2007 that he was ‘not certain’ that the Iraq War had been a recruiting tool for al-Qaeda and stated, ‘I wouldn’t say there has been a widespread growth of Islamic extremism beyond Iraq. […]
1/11/2007
On January 11, 2007, the day after President Bush’s announcement of a troop surge in Iraq, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) “described the escalation as ‘the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam.’ “ – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 284 […]
1/11/2007
“…John Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, gave a startling assessment in January [11] 2007 to the Senate, stating that al Qaeda ‘are cultivating stronger operational connections and relationships that radiate outward from their leaders’ secure hideout in Pakistan, to affiliates in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.’ Whereas previously U.S. intelligence officials spoke […]
1/10/2007
In a White House speech on January 10, 2007, President Bush said: ” ‘The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people–and it is unacceptable to me… Our troops in Iraq have fought bravely. They have done everything we have asked them to do. Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.’ […]
1/10/2007
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “President Bush announces the US ‘surge’.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Jan. 10, 2007 […]
1/10/2007
“On January 10, 2007, Bush announced a “surge” in numbers. More than 20,000 extra soldiers and Marines would be sent to Iraq.” – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 42 […]
1/10/2007
“On the evening of January 10, 2007, George W. Bush stood in the White House library to deliver one of the most important speeches of his presidency. …Bush had come to the presidential library to resell the war–and to announce an escalation. …’The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people,’ he said, ‘and […]
1/10/2007
Following President Bush’s January 10, 2007, announcement of a troop surge in Iraq, “Then-senator Barack Obama [D-IL] declared he was ‘not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are going to solve the sectarian violence. …I think it will do the reverse.’ ” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 480 […]
1/10/2007
“In January [10, 2007] the president [Bush] announced a ‘surge’ in American troop strength aimed at tamping down the violence and giving the Iraqi government breathing space to reconcile.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 309 […]