Bush warns of another upsurge of Violence in Iraq

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday warned there will be an upsurge in violence in Iraq before next month's voting, but said the terrorists will fail. "Our troops are ready," he said.

So, W warned of upsurges in violence before the hand over of sovereignity, before the elections, before the presentation of the constitution, and now before elections. He's been right every time, which is no surprise. But the violence doesn't ebb between these events. So really the prediction is that violence will grow steadily worse in Iraq.

Would anyone inthe administration care to make a prediction about when violence in Iraq might lessen? 'Cause if nobody thinks it will, then what are we achieving here?