BUSH TAKES RESPONSIBILITY, WANTS MORE TROOPS

Rejecting the Iraq Study Group’s call to withdraw. (Washington Times) (FOX News) Text of the Democratic response. (USA Today) From Hewitt: The president is correct that we are engaged in "the decisive ideological struggle of our time," and that the battle for Iraq is "noble and necessary." He was right to take responsibility for past mistakes, and also to refuse to let those mistakes paralyze the effort to secure Iraq and the region. And he owes the troops and the country absolute bluntness with Iran, even if that message is delivered out of the public eye. (Townhall) The ABC News Headline early this morning: “Americans Not Buying Bush’s New Iraq Strategy.” (ABC News) Bush gets support from Romney. (Boston Globe) From the WSJ: If Congressional Democrats want to be constructive, they can insist that Mr. Bush and his generals truly implement the strategy he is now endorsing. The path Democrats have followed in the minority and are now continuing will only make U.S. success harder--a truth the American people will come to understand, and resent. (WSJ)