Reply #8: Chicago Trib: Has Bush really not heard of 'broken' army? [View All]

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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/has_bush_really.html

Originally posted: December 20, 2006
Has Bush really not heard of 'broken' army?

Posted by Frank James at 9:05 am CST

The big news out of President Bush's interview yesterday with the Washington Post is that for the first time he seemed to acknowledge that the U.S. wasn't winning in Iraq though he said it's not losing either.

Oh yes, he also said he wanted to expand the military, apparently repudiating the smaller military strategy of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

But another of the president's responses was eyebrow-raising and seemed to point to what can charitably be called the president's hands-off style compared to many other presidents, especially war presidents.

That came across clearly in this exchange between a Washington Post reporter and the commander-in-chief.

REPORTER: So is our Army nearly broken, or not?