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Bush to Iraqi Militants: 'Bring Them On'
President Bush on Wednesday had a tough message for Iraqi militants attacking U.S. troops -- "Bring them on" -- and said the U.S. military presence was sufficient to deal with the attackers.
Bush spoke in the face of increasing American concern about the rising casualty toll among U.S. troops. At least 23 American servicemen have been killed by hostile fire since Bush declared major combat operations over on May 1.
"There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there," Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is: Bring them on. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation."
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg sharply criticized Bush for the "bring them on" comment.
"I am shaking my head in disbelief. When I served in the army in Europe during World War II, I never heard any military commander -- let alone the commander in chief -- invite enemies to attack U.S. troops," said Lautenberg in a statement.
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dailyKOS comments on Bushes comment:
Bush is a badass
You know, it's really easy to play cowboy from the safety of a Secret Service protective ring in the United States.
Our soldiers in Iraq don't have that luxury.
"There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there," Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is bring them on."
Our Cowboy in Chief is now daring Iraqi irregulars to attack our men and women on the ground?
Is he literally out of his fucking mind?
A Day After Bush Assurances, 10 U.S. Soldiers Hurt in Iraq
A day after President Bush asserted that coalition forces in Iraq were prepared to deal with any security threat, American troops came under attack again today, with 10 soldiers wounded in three separate incidents.
"We're still at war," Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez of the Army, the commander of coalition forces in Iraq, said in a news conference today. While saying that the attacks did not appear to be centrally or even regionally coordinated, he asserted that there had been an "increase in sophistication of the explosive devices used" against American forces.
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