President Bush to Change the Course

We reported earlier that President Bush plans to deliver a speech to the American people before Christmas (2 weeks from yesterday) that would announce a new course in Iraq. Official said that all the meetings the President has been attending are all in anticipation of the change. However we have seen little change in President Bush public comments on the war in Iraq. After visiting with the State Department, Bush said

Success is a country that governs, defends itself, that is a free society, that serves as an ally in this war on terror.

This has been the Presidents "stay the course" motto for several months, what change are we seeing?. These meeting will prove to be pointless if the presidents only listens to what his advisers say, he must hear what they are saying and put something into action. I understand as we all should a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops today is not only an extreme thing to say but an incompetent one as well. We cannot just leave the country in shambles, we must help fix and solve the problems in Iraq. Yes, the Iraqi government needs to continue to take the reigns, however we need to take a supportive role by providing training, extra forces if needed, and an infrastructure until an Iraqi one has been assembled.