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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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19.3.06

Three years after President Bush launched the invasion of Iraq, the war grinds on amid escalating costs - in lives, money and U.S. influence abroad.
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Three years ago today, President George W. Bush told the American people that the war with Iraq had begun, in order to "disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger."
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President Bush says "more fighting and sacrifice will be required" in Iraq before American troops can withdraw.
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Three years ago tonight, President Bush announced to the American people that U.S. military forces had begun an invasion of Iraq.
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When the U.S.-led coalition attacked Iraq three years ago, the Bush administration was brimming with confidence that this would be a war only in the sense that a lot of bombs would be dropped and the military would seize, temporarily, a foreign capital.
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There was no ambiguity when President Bush declared three years ago this evening that "the security of the world requires disarming Saddam Hussein now.''
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President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Americans growing increasingly impatient with the Iraq war to resist a temptation to retreat, even as he acknowledged setbacks and the prospect of more bloodshed.
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President Bush on Saturday braced Americans for more bloodshed in Iraq but said recent civil strife has motivated warring political factions to move quickly to set up a representative government.
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President George W. Bush said Iraqi political leaders are "making good progress'' toward forming a unity government, and that recent violence in the country has spurred them to set aside their differences.
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President George W. Bush on Saturday urged Americans to resist a temptation to retreat from Iraq but Democrats pressed him to offer a plan...
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As President Bush marks the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with stepped up speechmaking in an attempt to explain his strategy for success, Democrats are calling on Bush to exert greater pressure on the Iraqis to form the government that will be needed to maintain stability there - one of the three pillars of Bush's formula for success.
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On the eve of the third anniversary of the Iraq war, George W. Bush is out on the hustings again, trying to make the case for continued US engagement there. It has worked before.
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On the eve of the third anniversary of the U.S-led war in Iraq, President Bush said Saturday "more fighting and sacrifice" will be required.
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President Bush asked Americans in his weekly radio address today to look beyond the dramatic television footage and disconcerting newspaper headlines coming out of Iraq to see the clear progress that country is making
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President Bush has spent much of the month battling -- battling to win Americans' approval for the war in Iraq, battling to improve his poll numbers, battling to shape his place in history.

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