Samples of Bush Speech Criticism

From Iraq: One mixed Shi'ite-Sunni family that watched the news dismissed Mr. Bush's words. "My mother just said, 'He is stupid, I don't like him,' and my sister said she felt better with Saddam in power because although it was a hard regime, it was organized," said Ahmed, a Sunni in his 40s, whose sisters married Shi'ites. From Iraq: "Most people don't believe Bush. Always he says he will fight terrorism, but there is never any change. Look at what happened in Ramadi," Ahmed said. From Jordan: "That there will be no Iraq pullout without victory is a story that not even children would believe," wrote the Jordanian newspaper Al-Rai. "Washington itself realizes that 'victory' is impossible." From UAE The United Arab Emirates' Al Khaleej said in an editorial that Mr. Bush's promise to pull American troops out of Iraq as the country stabilizes rang hollow, insisting that "neoconservatives" in the U.S. government would never allow a complete withdrawal. "It is not easy to abandon their plan for the 'greater Middle East' and their dreams of controlling the world," the paper said. From Nashville: Wars must be fought with flexibility. Americans understand that. What they don't understand is why, after three years, the administration can't articulate a strategy that will train sufficient troops, repair the damage done to the country and reduce the friction between Iraq's feuding factions." From Lexington: "While he seemed to be declaring victory in Iraq, his larger vision seems to have the country fighting in the Middle East for a long time." Sources: International Reactions: Washington Times Domestic Reactions: USAToday