George Bush actually said...

"Most people recognize that failure would be a disaster for the United States. And, in that I'm the decision-maker, I had to come up with a way forward that precluded disaster."

"Now, some are trying to say that because we are enforcing -- helping ourselves in Iraq by -- by stopping outside influence from killing our soldiers or hurting Iraqi people that we want to expand beyo..."

"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people."

"It's one thing to say this is the goal. It's another thing to actually participate in achieving that goal."