Last week, President Bush stated "
href="http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=9005">absolutely,
we're winning," referring to the situation in Iraq.
Now, he assures us that
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110102555.html">Rumsfeld
is doing a "fantastic" job, and is to stay in his post.
But the same day, the US Central Command
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/world/middleeast/01military.html">shares
with us the following (click to see full image):
The military leaders who are in the midst of the situation say it is
getting steadily worse.
In case you hadn't noticed, our President is lying.
Absolutely.
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