President Overstates Risk to America, Analysts Say

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Guess we all knew this--but it is good to see it in a mainstream newspaper.

clipped from seattletimes.nwsource.com WASHINGTON — It's become President Bush's mantra, his main explanation for why he won't withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. But is it true? Military and diplomatic analysts cast doubts on it. They accuse Bush of exaggerating the threat that enemy forces in Iraq pose to the U.S. mainland. "The president is using a primitive, inarticulate argument that leaves him open to criticism and caricature," said James Jay Carafano, a homeland-security and counterterrorism expert for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy organization.