Bush's Alternative to 'Cut and Run' -- 'Cover Your Ass and Run'

"Five years after 9/11, the worst attack on the American homeland in
history, the Democrats offer nothing but criticism and obstruction and
endless second-guessing. The party of FDR," President Bush told an audience at a Republican fundraiser for Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, "The party of Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run." But the truth is that Bush's plan is
to 'cut and run' -- as he defines the term -- eventually. We're
training iraqis to fight iraqis, so civil war is the exit strategy.
This means that we'll be leaving Iraq 'before the job is done' --
whatever 'the job' is. That's never really explained to us, but leaving
Iraq while there's still shooting would seem to be 'cutting and
running'.

Bush's rhetoric is actually hurting diplomacy by
limiting our options in Iraq. "It could [backfire]," political analyst
John Dickerson told FOX News,
"Because part of the president's strategy relies on withdrawal. In
negotiation with Iraqi leaders, the president has said, his ambassador
in Iraq has said, 'look, if you don't shape up, progress a little
faster, we're going to move on or you're going to lose the support of
the United States.' Well, under the framing of the president and his
party, that would be tantamount to cutting and running."

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