Gumption

Really, what more can you ask of your President than to make a decision and stick to it?

Bush vows no retreat from Iraq 03.11.2003 - 20:15 - By Dean Yates BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Faced with a mounting military and civilian death toll and stiffening guerrilla resistance, President George W. Bush has vowed that the United States will not run from its "vital" mission in Iraq. Within hours of Bush's pledge in a speech in Alabama on Monday, a large explosion echoed across Baghdad, followed by mortar fire near the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in Iraq. The president's comments were his first since 16 American soldiers were killed when guerrillas shot down their CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Sunday in the worst single attack since the American invasion on March 20. "The enemy in Iraq believes America will run. That's why they're willing to kill innocent civilians, relief workers, coalition troops. America will never run," Bush said, despite falling approval ratings in the United States. "The mission in Iraq is vital," Bush added. But he did not refer to the downing of the helicopter or three other deaths which made Sunday the second worst day overall for the Americans of the conflict. A further 21 U.S. soldiers were wounded. At least 250 U.S. soldiers have been killed by hostile fire since the invasion. The number of Iraqis killed since March is in the thousands and steadily climbing.

Just imagine how much better the world would be if Bush used the same stubborness and fortitude that he has shown these past three years, but applied to GOOD decisions and GOOD policies.

You know, I always say, when a person behaves badly, I always blame the parents, the ones who taught the morals and values. So, shame on you, Barbara and George Sr.