Bush Attempts to Rally Support for Iraq War

Hoping to bolster sagging public support for the Iraq war, President Bush told a national TV audience that terrorists and insurgents could "feel a tightening noose," after the relatively peaceful Iraqi elections on December 15.

"This election will not mean the end of violence," said Bush. "But it is the beginning of something new -- constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East."

Bush urged Americans not to "give in to despair,” and to focus on the “steady gains” made by U.S. and Iraqi forces over the three year course of the war. [Read more…]

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