Bush aide: 'We have not failed in Iraq'

The people should institute a new policy of our own.

Anytime a government official tells an outright lie that a 5 year old could recognize as such, said official should be put in a stockade on the National Mall, where visitors could hurl rotten fruit and eggs at him, for a dollar a pop.

Bush aide: 'We have not failed in Iraq' - Yahoo! News:

WASHINGTON - While President Bush acknowledges the need for major changes in Iraq, he will not use this week's Iraq Study Group report as political cover for bringing troops home, his national security adviser said Sunday.

'We have not failed in Iraq,' Stephen Hadley said as he made the talk show rounds. 'We will fail in Iraq if we pull out our troops before we're in a position to help the Iraqis succeed.'

But he added: 'The president understands that we need to have a way forward in Iraq that is more successful.'

The White House readied for an important week in the debate over Iraq: Bush planned a meeting Monday with Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, and awaited the recommendations Wednesday from the bipartisan commission.