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
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
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 […]
1/11/2007
Speaking from the White House on January 11, 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 […]
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
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
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
“On January 10, 2007, the president [Bush] announced in a speech to the nation that he was committing twenty thousand additional troops–five brigades–to Iraq, and most of them would go to Baghdad. He was also increasing American forces in Anbar, the home base of al Qaeda in Iraq, by four thousand. The brigades would deploy […]
1/10/2007
“A nine o’clock on the evening of January 10, 2007, I [then-President George W. Bush] stepped before the cameras in the White House Library. ‘The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people–and it is unacceptable to me,’ I said. ‘Our troops in Iraq have fought bravely. They have done everything we have asked […]
1/10/2007
Following President Bush’s January 10, 2007, announcement of a troop surge in Iraq, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) “went on MSNBC to say, ‘I am not persuaded that the 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, it will do the reverse. I think it takes the pressure off […]