Posted by
Team Turk on Thursday, November 02, 2006 5:37:01 PM
From United Press International:
The Central Command's report that Iraq was nearing chaos was a snapshot, not an overall portrait of the war, White House press secretary Tony Snow said.
Snow, during a briefing Wednesday, said the report was taken during Ramadan, when violence was intense. Since that time, sectarian violence and casualties across Iraq and in Baghdad dropped, Snow said.
Snow was commenting on whether President George W. Bush was aware of the Central Command report during his conference last week when he said, "We are absolutely winning" in Iraq.
Snow said Bush understands "the only way we'll lose is if we give up, if we walk out before the job's done."
Snow said the improved numbers don't mean the United States should be overly optimistic.
"It's a war," Snow said, "and sometimes things get worse, and what you do is you adjust to make sure that you win."