Pro-Bush 'Wichita Eagle' Joins Those Calling for U.S. Pullout in Iraq

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Pro-Bush 'Wichita Eagle' Joins Those Calling for U.S. Pullout in Iraq

By E&P Staff

Published: July 12, 2007 6:20 PM ET

NEW YORK Few newspapers have called for the start of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq until recently, and many of those that did opposed President Bush in his re-election bid in 2004.

Not so in the case this week of the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, which endorsed the GOP candidate in 2004 but now writes: "President Bush must face reality: It's time for a different strategy in Iraq, one that acknowledges America's limited power to determine Iraq's future....

"Bush needs to chart a course that brings many of our troops home and redeploys others to fight in a more effective way in the war on terror."

Here is an excerpt from that editorial.
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But America cannot prosecute an open-ended war without achievable goals and without the support of the American people. In recent weeks, several key Republicans, including Sens. Richard Lugar of Indiana and Pete Domenici of New Mexico, have publicly expressed their loss of confidence in Bush's strategy...

The president last week asked the country for "patience" and more sacrifice on Iraq. But he's gone to the well too often, without delivering results. America's patience has worn thin on a mission that seems to chase ever-changing, unrealistic goals.

The sacrifices are all too real and painful.

Bush needs to chart a course that brings many of our troops home and redeploys others to fight in a more effective way in the war on terror.