Did You Know - Laura Bush Sets Foriegn Policy

From Progress Report (2/28/2007)

IRAQ -- LAURA BUSH CLAIMS IRAQ IS 'STABLE' WITH JUST 'ONE BOMBING A DAY': Last night on Larry King Live, First Lady Laura Bush reiterated her support for the war in Iraq, calling it the Iraqi people's "opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country." She commented further that "many parts of Iraq are stable now," adding, "but, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody." In fact, the latest Brookings Institution Iraq Index report found that as of Nov, 2006, there were approximately 185 insurgent and militia attacks every day. At least 3,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in attacks since the beginning of 2007. Seventy-three U.S. soldiers have died in February alone. While Mrs. Bush said last night that leaving Iraq would be a "serious mistake," a Washington Post/ABC News poll found that 53 percent of Americans favor setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and over half of the nation's veteran households say they "strongly believed that the war is not worth fighting." The same poll found that nearly 70 percent of Americans disapprove of the President's handling of the war in Iraq.