Tony Snow clears up Iraq mystery: "They know the people who are there"

[Human Torch]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid unrelenting violence in Iraq, President George W. Bush's spokesman said on Wednesday the top goal of U.S. troops is to train Iraqi forces, and not trying to "subdue every bad guy in the country."

"As a matter of fact, the central mission to the United States is to train Iraqi forces so they can do the job. They get better intelligence. They know the people who are there. It is their country. And it's their obligation and responsibility," spokesman Tony Snow said on MSNBC.

"The key in Iraq is not for the United States to go in and subdue every bad guy in the country. That would be failure. That would mean that we have to occupy Iraq forever. We don't want to do that," Snow said.

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[Erika]

1. Tony, You just want to do it until the oil is gone

and the corporatists have drained every cent of profit from a vulnerable third world nation.

[leesa]

6. It is OUR piggybank they are draining.

[pa28]

2. Our Iraq policy is written by Tony Snow.

It varies depending on the question.

[radfringe]

4. the answer my friend

is pissing in the snow...

(apologies to Bob Dylan)

[Supersedeas]

8. on the fly and with the focus shifting from utter to sentence to paragraph

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. So who let the dogs out anyhoo? Shrub take a bow. n't

[No Exit]

5. Tall man with girl's voice speak-um with forked tongue. n/t

[Joe Bacon]

7. Yet another FOX PAUS from Tony Snowjob

Every time Tony opens his mouth, he proves his digestive system runs in reverse!