Bush: "If You Don't like My My Iraq Plan, Tell Me Yours."

President Bush challenged lawmakers who are skeptical of his new plan for Iraq plan to propose their own stragegy for stopping the violence in Baghdad.

"If you don't like my Iraq plan, tell me yours".

Democratic leaders intend to hold a vote within the next few weeks in the House of Senate on President Bush's revised and updated Iraq policy. However in Washington President Bush asked those to either put up or shut up by saying "to oppose everything while proposing nothing is irresponsible."

He continued to inform them that 21,000 troops being posted in Baghdad and Anbar province which is a base for Al Qaeda, have a changed mission. The President also broached the subject of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who has pledged that political sectarian inteference with security operations will not be tolerated.

"This time there will be adequate Iraqi and US forces to hold the areas that have been cleared,", Bush continued.

President Bush is really standing firm behind his new proposed policies on Iraq and does not seem to be interested in criticism unless it is constructive.

The reality behind this is that over two-thirds of Americans acutally oppose placing more troops in Iraq - this breaks down into two out of three citizens asked. It seems that the American people do not agree with their own Government so perhaps President Bush should listen to the electorate and get down off his high horse.