US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signalled impatience with Iraq's protracted efforts to form a unity government, telling leaders there "it's time" to reach an agreement.
The embattled US president also assured a friendly audience that US soldiers facing bloody attacks there daily were not dying for a lost cause. "If I didn't think we'd succeed, I'd pull our troops out," he said. Bush pointed to historic Iraqi elections in December as a victory for democracy and a defeat of insurgents, but said it was now time for that country's leaders to set aside their differences and form a government.
"The people have spoken and now it's time for a government to get stood up," he said, "time for the elected representatives - or those who represent the voters, the political parties - to come together and form a unity government."
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