Do you approve of George W. Bush's job performance? (user search)

Do you look at the glass 3/4 empty or 1/4 full? When I think of all the blessings that my God has given me, it serves me well not to dwell on what I don't have, but to praise Him for what I do have. In the same way, we should not be disheartened by what we have not achieved, but we should be joyed by what we have achieved, while still working to achieve the remaining 10-15 benchmarks.

This also tells me that now's not the time to bring everybody home. We can't leave a project unfinished. Mike Huckabee was correct last night when he said [paraphrased] "whether it was right or not to go in is immaterial. What is the fact, we broke it, therefore we must fix it. We don't fix something by leaving it dismantled and fleeing the face of disaster. I, as much as anybody, want the troops home as soon as we can, but as John McCain said, I want them to come home from a position of strength, not a position of retreat. As Fred Thompson also said, we want to leave because of strength, not caught running away with our tail between our legs.

I'm not disputing the report at all, as it is from a non-liberal group, but I'm just looking at it from a different perspective.

How much longer do they need? The White House directly said that people should wait until September to see how things are going. Now it's September and a report has directly said that things are not going well. The three things that have successfully been done are ensuring the protection of minority parties, establishing committees in support of the Baghdad Security Plan, and establishing joint security stations in Baghdad. That's it. Benchmarks not achieved includes such minor and trivial things as "reduce sectarian violence", "ensure evenhanded enforcement of the law", and "ensure Iraq's political authorities are not undermining Iraqi security forces". The report said that violence has not decreased and that key legislation has not been passed.

In other words, the three benchmarks that have been met are minor at best, and the big stuff that would really make an impact has just not happened one bit, nor is there any indication that it will happen in the near future. If you want to look at that as significant progress, that's some rather rosy glasses you've got on there.

Am I wrong for approving of the Bush Administration? Am I wrong for approving of the reasons for going into Iraq? Am I wrong for thinking we are making progress, when it is clear that WE ARE?

Yep.

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