Bush's Optimism Fades

Despite his headline “U.S. starts retreating from lofty Iraq goals” appearing on Page One of the Denver Post (10/23/05), author John Aloysius Farrell fails to provide any credible supporting evidence. Farrell’s list of sources, critical of current U.S. policy include; Senator Joe Biden, D-Del., first term Democrat Senator Obama, another anonymous senator, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., a former State Department aid who left the government almost one year ago, a past president of the Council on Foreign Relations and an “expert” from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (both non-governmental agencies), a representative of Kurdish interests, a former Iraqi ambassador and an former Iraqi expatriate who opposed Saddam Hussein. Regardless of how much these luminaries think that its time for the U.S. to now focus on abandoning Iraq, none of them speak for or represent the Bush Administration.

Also quoted in Farrell’s report is one person who actually speaks for the Administration, Secretary of State Condolezza Rice, who reiterated once again that America intends to stay the course and succeed in Iraq. Sorry John, that doesn’t sound like any kind of “a retreat from lofty goals or fading of rosy outlooks” by this President or his party.

Americans are getting fed up with liberal reporters making it up as they go along and with leftist newspapers highlighting stories about Iraq designed to disparage the mission, deflate our resolve and defeat the President. If it were not for a pretty decent Sports Page and the color comics (my sons read every one), I’d be much happier without the Sunday Denver Bias and John ‘I’m-always-wishing-you’ Farewell.