Bush Address
For those who are watching Yankees Bseball, here is the full text of the President's Address.
Please note the following:
The troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. This war reached our shores on September 11, 2001. The terrorists who attacked us - and the terrorists we face - murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. Their aim is to remake the Middle East in their own grim image of tyranny and oppression - by toppling governments, driving us out of the region, and exporting terror.
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After September 11, 2001, I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult - and that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult. And we are prevailing. Our enemies are brutal - but they are no match for the United States of America - and they are no match for the men and women of the United States military.
Too bad Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with terrorism, Osama bin Laden, or September 11th.
Too bad the President and his backers decided to wage a war that has put America in more danger.
Nice job.
And what is up with this sentence:
Our mission in Iraq is clear. We are hunting down the terrorists.
There weren't any terrorists in Iraq, and right now conflating insurgents and terrorists gives a great disservice to all.
Later (after speech)
What exactly new has been said? Nothing. Conflation of Iraq with 9/11. Schools and Electrical working. The US will leave when the Iraqi army can stand up.
Everything he said he has said before. The networks had no reason to show this. This was nothing but pure bread and circus meant to feed the Beltway crowd. Right, Tim Russet - the uber-insider - now is jabbering about how great this speech was.
What was said tonight was lipstick on a pig. If the President says that Iraq is a haven for terrorists, then it is his fault. He chose to invade Iraq when there was exactly no connection to terrorism.
If Iraq is a haven for terrorists, it is his fault. Pure and simple.
Comments
Dad says:
I kept having flashbacks to Nixon, Vietnam, and the Domino Theory...btw,how are we verifying that those we are killing are insurgents, terrorists, or both...remember we invaded Iraq, wouldn't we fight back if someone invaded us for no reason?
Posted by: Dad at June 29, 2005 4:48 PM #
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