Patience emerges as critical weapon in Iraq war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wearied by steady losses and few tangible signs of progress in the war in Iraq, the U.S. public is running out of one resource America’s enemies appear to have in abundance — patience.
Impatience with the war, now in its fifth year, was reflected in the elections that drove President George W. Bush’s Republicans out of power in Congress in November. Since then, Bush named a new secretary of defense and new military commander in Iraq charged with implementing a new strategy.
But despite repeated appeals from Bush for patience while more troops arrive in Iraq to carry out the new strategy, opinion polls show that pessimism runs deep and most Americans favor a deadline for the withdrawal of troops.
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Source: www.reuters.com
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