In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Anyone interested in what went on behind the scenes regarding Iraq prior to the surge should read this series in the Washington Post excerpted from Bob Woodward's new book The War Within. That summer, with U.S. casualties eclipsing 2,500 deaths and nearly 20,000 wounded, Bush acknowledged to himself what he was not saying publicly: The war had taken a perilous turn for the worse, with 1,000 attacks a week, the equivalent of six an hour. "Underneath my hope was a sense of anxiety," Bush recalled in a May 2008 interview. The strategy was one "that everybody hoped would work. And it did not. And therefore the question is, when you're in my position: If it's not working, what do you do?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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