Remember Richard Meyers, the same guy that Bush quoted as saying that the Iraq war did not diminish U.S. ability to assert power on other fronts like
Korea and Iran? Well, either Bush misquoted him, or he changed his tune.
story.news.yahoo.com.../nm/20050503/pl_nm/iraq_usa_myers_dc
The report assessed as "moderate" the level of risk for the U.S. armed forces in protecting America in light of ongoing operations, and
pegged the risk for preventing future armed conflict as moderate but becoming significant.
Bush was asked during an April 28 news conference whether troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan were limiting U.S. military options elsewhere in
the world. Bush responded that he asked Myers a similar question.
"I say, 'Do you feel that we've limited our capacity to deal with other problems because of our troop levels in Iraq?' And the answer is, 'No,'
he doesn't feel we're limited. He feels like we've got plenty of capacity," Bush told reporters.
Got exit strategy?
[edit on 3-5-2005 by Hajduk]
