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Originally Posted by MidwestMax
He didn't say "relinquish authority", you did. Bush said he is making the decisions based on the advice from the generals proscecuting the war. Nice try.
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Here is what JP5 said:
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And Bush has ALWAYS said these decisions would be made by the Generals with Iraqi's governments input.
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That certainly sounds like relinquishing authority to me. He didn't say "based on the advice." That is your embellishment. JP5 said that "these decisions would be made by the generals..." Two different things.
Bush's tactic is transparent. He selects commanders based on their loyalty and malleability (e.g., Franks, Patraeus). He then says that the "commanders on the ground" will make the decisions. It is just political sloganeering. This war has been driven from the beginning by slogans and not by strategy. The results prove that.