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·Fact Check: President Bush Said We Can't Win
Washington, DC - The RNC got it wrong. Today, they falsely claimed
that President Bush has always predicted victory in the War on Terror,
and argued in a release that "President Bush Never Said We Couldn't
Win." In fact, last summer, on the first day of his convention,
President Bush told Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today Show" that he
didn't think "we can win it."
NBC, "The Today Show", 8/30/04
MATT LAUER: You said to me a second ago, one of the things you'll lay
out in your vision for the next four years is how to go about winning
the war on terror. That phrase strikes me a little bit. Do you really
think we can win this war of ter--on terror? For example, in the next
four years?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I have never said we can win it in four years.
MATT LAUER: No, I'm just saying, can we win it? Do you say that?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I don't--I don't think we can win it.
New York Times Headline: "Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on
Terror."
"President Bush, in an interview broadcast on Monday, said he did not
think America could win the war on terror but that it could make
terrorism less acceptable around the world, a departure from his
previous optimistic statements that the United States would eventually
prevail."
[New York Times, 8/31/04]
Washington, DC - The RNC got it wrong. Today, they falsely claimed
that President Bush has always predicted victory in the War on Terror,
and argued in a release that "President Bush Never Said We Couldn't
Win." In fact, last summer, on the first day of his convention,
President Bush told Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today Show" that he
didn't think "we can win it."
NBC, "The Today Show", 8/30/04
MATT LAUER: You said to me a second ago, one of the things you'll lay
out in your vision for the next four years is how to go about winning
the war on terror. That phrase strikes me a little bit. Do you really
think we can win this war of ter--on terror? For example, in the next
four years?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I have never said we can win it in four years.
MATT LAUER: No, I'm just saying, can we win it? Do you say that?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I don't--I don't think we can win it.
New York Times Headline: "Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on
Terror."
"President Bush, in an interview broadcast on Monday, said he did not
think America could win the war on terror but that it could make
terrorism less acceptable around the world, a departure from his
previous optimistic statements that the United States would eventually
prevail."
[New York Times, 8/31/04]