Bush's Latest Speech on Iraq

In several areas of the site, readers are talking about the speech on Iraq that President Bush delivered yesterday at the Naval Academy.

Vinh sees parallels with other U.S. involvements that he thinks should act as a cautionary tale to the Iraq endgame. "You have a large embassy. Please put a maximum number of helopads on the roof so the escape lines won't be so long this time."

Onevoice8 sees the "Plan for Victory" banners flanking Bush at the speech as a desperate White House ploy rife with silly propaganda.

One reader notes that the The Post's lead story on the speech conveys a different picutre of the situation in Iraq than another Post article.

CurbHegemony criticizes the headline on "Bush Presents Plan to Win Iraq War," suggestively inaccurate. "Like Bush on his war in Iraq, who shows a big discrepancy between what is said and what's actually going on, this article suffers from serious mis-labeling...This matters because The Post's own credibility is at stake." He calls the second Post article, "In Baghdad, Reality Counters Rhetoric,", a "useful corrective" that illustrates how to match the "title and substance" of an article. Your view?

D4379 criticizes what he sees as a press agenda to discredit Bush. "The shameless bias combined with the left's rhetoric, which does nothing but demoralize the troops and give hope to the Islamic Fascist and despair to the Iraqis, is sickening at best and treason at worst."

Early Warning blog writer William M. Arkin analyzed the newly announced Bush strategy from a military perspective. His post prompted some typical partisan, anti-administration and pro-administration takes from users, but Drew honed in on the Arkin's breakdown of the Bush plan. "Right on! this is analytical writing for certain, citing the very source it argues against. I want more of this in the WP!"

Other readers make predictions about what defeat, victory or what staying the course will mean in the long run for the U.S. and Iraq.

The president did urge all citizens to read the strategy document. I wonder how many actually will?

By Lindsay Howerton |  December 1, 2005; 1:44 PM ET  | Category:  National Issues
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