Analysts and politicians in Europe are unhappy about U.S. President George W. Bush`s new Iraq strategy, which they say will fail as a last-ditch effort to bring stability to the restive country.
Bush Wednesday evening in a televised prime-time speech presented his long-awaited new strategy for Iraq: The president`s plan calls for the deployment of some additional 21,500 troops, sets benchmarks for the Iraqi government and increases financial aid for the country, in a final attempt to turn around a bloody nation-building campaign.
Politicians in Europe have reacted in a very cautious manner to the Bush speech.
U.S. success in Iraq is of course desirable, Karsten Voigt, coordinator for German-American cooperation in the German Foreign Office, Thursday told a German radio station. 'But in the past, the U.S. president has often proved to be too optimistic,' he said.
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