"The Damage to Bush Is Enormous"

[cal04]

Republican Senators foiled a Democratic bid to have Congress criticize President George W. Bush's troop increase in Iraq. But with a clear majority of politicians on Capitol Hill opposing the White House's war strategy, is this a defeat for the president or for the Democrats? German dailies take a closer look.

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The German press ponders the issue and assesses whether the events in Washington were a defeat for President Bush -- or for the Democrats themselves.

The Financial Times Deutschland writes:

"For four years any criticism of the war was seen as a betrayal of the troops. This taboo has now been broken ... the vote marks a decisive change in American politics.

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"The damage to Bush is enormous. Congress has made clear to the president: this war has increasingly become his war and not a mission in the name of the nation.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,467175,00.html

[WinkyDink]

1. Not, obviously, enormous enough, IYKWIM.

[babylonsister]

2. Nice to see the foreign press is taking this view; they now know the

blivet does NOT represent the majority of Americans.

[shain from kane]

3. Enormous and Hugh. Shocking Y'All.

[Felinity]

4. A good line to memorize

"this war has increasingly become his war and not a mission in the name of the nation."

Bush's war, not the nation's war. He no longer is perceived as representing this nation by the foreign press.

Good.

[Cha]

7. You're so right!

I'm doin' it.

[rodeodance]

5. it deflated his ballon a bit but it is not popped. The WH is resourceful.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. Yep, the enemy is patient!