George Bush's speech cover-up for failure in Iraq - Iranian radio commentary.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of unattributed commentary by Iranian radio on 23 March

The American people and media are increasing their criticism of George W. Bush for the escalating number of American casualties and the higher cost of conducting the war in Iraq. Yet, despite the Washington Administration's failure to realize its objectives from the recuperation, the president of America delivered his third speech in as many days. He tried to justify the war and give some hope to the families of the American soldiers in Iraq that the probability of winning the war was still high.

Most experts however believe that the American …