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President Bush rejects another call to set a date for US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Michigan Friday April 20, 2007

President Bush rejected calls to set a date for troop withdrawals. As violence escalates Pres. Bush said that he believes  a change is beginning. "There are still horrific attacks in Iraq, such as the bombings in Baghdad on Wednesday, but the direction of the fight is beginning to shift," said Mr. Bush.

Suicide bombings, kidnappings, murders and an increasing number of IED incidents have caused an increase in the numbers of voices calling for a troop reduction program.  Democrats are persisting with their campaign of encouraging the administration to set a date. They believe that the cost of the war in human and economic terms is too high.

The Iraqi government is under pressure to take more of the load in the fight against criminals and insurgents. Democrats believe that it is the Iraqi people who must force a reduction in the level of violence.

For now the Democrats have a view and President Bush has another. Perhaps that is the problem. Both sides are unable to arrange a compromise that each can agree upon.

Acknowledging that Democrats are unlikely to drop their demands for a troop withdrawal, President Bush says they should send him their legislation quickly so he can veto it and get Congress back to work on a spending bill without such a deadline.


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