Bush in Georgia to sell his Iraq plan

Source: CCTV.com | 01-12-2007 14:05

Just a day after he outlined his new strategy in Iraq, US President George W. Bush has set out to sell his plan. On Thursday, Bush traveled to meet soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia.

It's a meeting between President Bush and some of the troops who could soon be deployed to Iraq.

Bush reiterated the argument he had just laid out for sending more than 20,000 extra soldiers to the war-torn country.

He cautioned that the increase in troops is not going to produce immediate results.

Bush said, "The American people have got to understand that suicide bombings won't stop immediately, the IED attacks won't stop immediately. Yet over time, we can expect to see positive results, and that would be the Iraqis chasing down the murderers."

The troop reinforcements are just part of the newly unveiled plan for Iraq.

Bush has also called for more than five-and-a-half billion US dollars to fund the troop surge. He has also called for an extra 1.2 billion dollars to finance rebuilding and employment programs aimed at discouraging Iraqis from joining the insurgency.

US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has defended Bush's decisions.

Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, said, "All Americans know that the stakes in Iraq are enormous and we all share the belief that the situation is currently unacceptable. On this we're united."

The Bush administration hopes to persuade lawmakers that it's on the right track.

But this is likely to be a tough sell, as democrats have already voiced deep skepticism over the military build-up.

Editor:Du Xiaodan