Bush's Iraq Speech: Open Thread
Update: Here is the text (html) of President Bush's speech.
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President Bush will be addressing the nation on Iraq tonight at 9pm ET. Here's a preview of what he is going to say.
There are 168,000 troops currently in Iraq. His plan to bring some home will leave us at about the same level as in January, before the "surge."
That's not a withdrawal plan either party should accept. As for responses by the Democratic candidates:
Hillary Clinton sent this letter to Bush.
What you are planning to tell the American people tomorrow night is that one year from now, there will be the same number of troops in Iraq as there were one year ago. Mr. President, that is simply too little too late, and unacceptable to this Congress, and to the American people who have made clear their strong desire to bring our troops home, and end this war.
John Edwards will have a two minute ad on MSNBC on the inadequacy of Bush's Iraq plan following the speech. Excerpts from the ad are here.
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