http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1359828.ecePresident George Bush has shifted his approach to Iraq in an effort to shore up faltering public support for the war, three-and-a-half years after the invasion.
No longer does he stress the benefits of securing peace in Iraq; rather he lays out the perils of failure.
His words have become more grim in recent weeks as he details what he believes would be the consequences of US withdrawal, observers said.
"We can allow the Middle East to continue on its course - on the course it was headed before September the 11th," he said in a speech last week. "And a generation from now, our children will face a region dominated by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons. Or we can stop that from happening, by rallying the world to confront the ideology of hate and give the people of the Middle East a future of hope.
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