Bush Pledges Not to "Cut and Run" In Iraq 4/23/2004
Though conceding that the recent situation in Iraq has been "really rough," President Bush has pledged to stay the course and said the U.S. will not "cut and run" there.
He told the American Society of Newspaper Editors on April 23 that in Iraq, "Times are tough. The last couple of weeks have been really rough." Bush said the upsurge in violence is happening "because some people want to stop the advance of freedom. They view freedom as a real threat to their ambitions."
The President said his administration will push ahead with its plan in Iraq. "The Iraqi people are looking at Americans and asking are we going to cut and run again," he added. "We are not going to cut and run while I'm in the Oval Office."