Frank Rich: As the Iraqis Stand Down, We'll Stand Up

Frank Rich | As the Iraqis Stand Down, We'll Stand Up: "When the line separating spin from reality is so effectively blurred, the White House's propaganda mission has once more been accomplished. No wonder President Bush is cocky again. Stopping in Sydney for the economic summit after last weekend's photo op in Iraq, he reportedly told Australia's deputy prime minister that 'we're kicking ass.' This war has now gone on so long that perhaps he has forgotten the price our troops paid the last time he taunted our adversaries to bring it on, some four years and 3,500 American military fatalities ago."

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