Bush says he isn't backing down in Iraq President says it's been 'tough,' but war isn't another Vietnam

Conceding a couple of "tough weeks in Iraq," President Bushsignaled Tuesday night he is ready to increase American troopstrength in the country, adding he intends to usher in a new era ofdemocracy and "finish the work of the fallen."

At a combination speech and news conference at the White House,Bush rejected a suggestion that Iraq was becoming another Vietnam --a quagmire without a ready exit. "I think that analogy is false," hesaid. "I also happen to think that analogy sends the wrong message toour troops and sends the wrong message to the enemy."

One year after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Bush said a recentspike in savage violence is neither a civil war nor a …