Bush Wants Iraq to Be More Like Israel
President Bush, in an effort to buy time and lower expectations for the surge, has set a new goal for Iraq: be like Israel. As in a country "that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens and function as a democracy even amid violence." In view of daily violence that's off the charts by Israeli standards and Iraq's lack of a functioning government, democratic or otherwise, couldn't he have set the bar a tad lower? But as long as you're aiming high, why not just change the name to New Finland and leave?President Bush, in an effort to buy time and lower expectations for the surge, has set a new goal for Iraq: be like Israel. As in a country “that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens and function as a democracy even amid violence.” In view of daily violence that’s off the charts by Israeli standards and Iraq’s lack of a functioning government, democratic or otherwise, couldn’t he have set the bar a tad lower? But as long as you’re aiming high, why not just change the name to New Finland and leave?
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He said: “Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy’s ability to get a car bombing in the evening news.”
The terms of success set out by Mr Bush included “the rise of a government that can protect its people, deliver basic services for all its citizens and function as a democracy even amid violence”.
Mr Bush suggested Israel as a standard to work towards.
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