The Not for Prime Time Bush Iraq Speech: Petraeus will "have all the time he needs"
By SilentPatriot Wednesday Apr 09, 2008 1:40pm
So much for pressuring the Iraqis to stand up for their own country. In case it wasn't obvious already -- it was -- today Bush made perfectly clear that troop levels will not dip below the pre-surge level of 140,000 for the remainder of his presidency.
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The "debate" over the surge has always perplexed me. We can all acknowledge that violence has mainly decreased. One doesn't need a masters degree in foreign affairs to know that flooding more troops in would help cause that. The real issue is whether (a) the levels are sustainable -- they're not -- and (b) whether the "surge" has achieved the intended result of providing the Iraqi government the breathing room needed to make the essential political progress -- it hasn't. Furthermore, the relative decrease in violence has just as much to do with troop levels as it does with ethnic cleansing, physical separation of varying sects, millions of Iraqi refugees, and millions of dollars in bribe money being doled out. By every meaningful measure, the surge has been a failure, providing breathing room only to President Bush so that he can pass along the disaster he started to the next President. Then again, that was probably the goal all along.
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And here I thought 30,000 troops were on the way home to offset the 30,000 sent in to surge. Oh well, it was a success right?
Translation: The reality of a man-eating tax policy is already among us. It just hasn't been immortalized on paper or film yet, except in the CONgressional Record.
Bush seems to have the impression that people are going to sit by forever taking this shit.
Man is he ever wrong.
Its a dark day in this country's history.
impeach the executive branch before they kill us all. Why does congress do nothing?
Unfortunately, few have been disappointed in underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
What a coward! This man is walking away, all the responsibility lies with everybody else! Broken country, poverty, two friggin wars, ruined reputation. Why the Hell is congress allowing this to happen? This is a disaster! And the ultimate disaster? BUSH!
Somethings Got To Give
P.D. @ 7:
This has been his pattern in every endeavor in his adult life. It's not like this wasn't well known all the way back in 2000 when he was first campaigning for the job. America deserves whatever crumbling state it will be in when it bottoms out for its shear stupidity in supporting and continuing to enable this horrid little pissant. War crimes tribunal and hanging should be in his future.
L.A. Confidential @ 3:
i have my doubts...
Not only has bush lead us into a war based on lies and deceptions, he and his WH staff proceeded to mishandle their war with complete ineptness. The war it is now known has done NOTHING but show profits for the bush families favorite corporations, Halliburton, KBR, the Carlysle Group etc.
And if that weren't enough, his administration loosened the regulations of the FAA (resulting in the meltdown we are now witnessing in the Airlines) and the FDA resulting in the drug companies going unbounded into record high prices and low oversite of drugs.
The governments own financial oversite group, the GAO can't seem to account for anything until the billions are already lost and then claim they are investigating.
The war in Iraq is being funded not only by billions of our taxpayer dollars (while our schools and highways, bridges etc. crumble) But when they first started sending billions to Iraq for reconstruction whole pallets of crisp $100 dollar bills worth billions of dollars mysteriously disappeared (and still have not been accounted for.) Meanwhile the money from Iraqi Oil is going into foreign banks and not being used to pay back the American people.
Between these things and what you saw in the preceding article here on C&L about torture and secret prisons, you'd think we would have enough to start getting the Legal Proceedings going for War Trials.
TDS had it right last night
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=165850&title=iraq-...
So basically there is no carrot
there is no stick
whatever they do or not, we are there foreva
it's Bushco's OIL and MONEY
More Deaths = The surge is working
Less Deaths = The surge is working
Same amount of Deaths = The surge is working
I hate to say this but, in the long run, the Bush Presidency may be a good thing for America. Granted the immediate effects are.....well...not good. Really bad actually. But the long term effects might be incredible. People are interested. A lot of the population is paying attention now. Pretty soon they will rise above playing into the choreography of partisan politics and blindly adopting talking points as their points of view. Pretty soon they will think for themselves and eventually, maybe, a group will be elected that has the public's interests at heart.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 13:
A win-win-win situation.
tool @ 10:
Perhaps. But small signs are beginning to appear that suggest otherwise.
Kyle @ 14:
Bush will try to take credit for that, if it happens.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 11:
If this were a Demcratic president and a Republican congress you better believe impeachment would have been on the table long ago and for matters far more important to the American people than a blow job.
Dale @ 15:
Unless you're a soldier.
Iran and al Qaeda among greatest threats to U.S.: Bush Reuters - 34 minutes ago
Why is that Mr. Bush? Don't stutter now.
bob dobbs @ 9:
Right.
Every business he's had, he's bankrupted.
He's famous for trashing apartments when he leaves. Busting out walls, windows, staining carpets.
Will he throw a kegger in the Oval Office on his last day, and take a sledgehammer to the furniture?
The man leaves mountains of wreckage in his wake.
And he's been doing to America, what he's done to everything else he touches.
Right on Bob Dobbs, he got elected because of the ignorant religious right-wing. A complete failure all his life, then he finds God and Jesus, and those assholes followed in droves. Vote for me and I'll ban gay marriage! Vote for me I'll end all abortions! How those pathetic right-wingers followed and believed every word. And even now, they will NEVER admit they were wrong. That is why I question any of these Repugs. They will sell their soul to the devil, just to get elected.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 19:
But then you're a hero. Another win. Just a slightly less advantageous win.
The "surge" has had very little to do with the down-tic in the Iraqi violence, as has been well noted. What we have is CYA at the expense of the lives of thousands of Iraqi's, American young (and not so young) people, money, and reputation. That the dry-drunk, chickenhawk would do this is also not surprising in view of his historical business resume. What is outrageous is the lock-step "conservative" Repukes who continue to enable this outrage. It is they who are the arch-accomplices to these crimes against the United States, its honor and its traditions. Conservative indeed! What hypocrites! They hang on to the Bush sinking ship for one reason and one alone. Protecting the fucking rich bastards who are their only constituency. Shame, shame on the Republican Party!
What a lying hack...He's ALWAYS been a liar and will be for the rest of his miserable existence.
If the next president (NOT MCSHAME) has an IQ higher than a BB the number of troops next year at this time will be ZERO! Or if the American electorate is dumb enough to believe anything Mc-100years-shame says it could be a million!!
Dale @ 23:
Touche
Hrmm, will they be withdrawn into Iran?
If Muqtada al-Sadr decides to call off his ceasefire, what then? I give his ceasefire a lot of credit for the so-called calm.
After hearing that speech today, I'm afraid bush has one more evil trick up his sleeve. He mentioned Iran way too often.
Kyle @ 14:
This will occur only if we don't get complacent. There is still a lot of media reform that needs to occur, as they still seem to be interested in doing nothing but reporting on Brittany, Paris, etc. We need more people in the news who are actually going to investigate and report on government wrongdoings instead of how much some politicians haircut cost.
Once again the Democratic Party fails to live up to their obligations and impeach this President.
Hell, ABC news just gave some airtime to the story that calls for impeaching the entire Executive Branch!
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/10/they-knew/
Pelosi... it's time to put impeachment back on the table! Get on this please!
RB-Chicago @ 25:
Hey wake up these guys don't care how many nasty names and things get spewed at them. And we can't expect politicians from either side to do what is in the peoples interest anymore. Because they are NOT and Won't.
So, what are the solutions to that problem.
What a fucking disgrace to America.
JayDog @ 30:
Forget Pelosi she's a sham it should be obvious to any human being who has a pulse by now.
pissed off patricia @ 28:
Lay the impeachment documents before the House! One step towards war with Iran without the Congress and the impeachment goes forward, new war or not!
L.A. Confidential @ 16:
i certainly hope so. the injustice around here is palpable.
Your right Patricia, all last summer I was afraid to get out of bed in the morning, because the drums were beating for war. And , it's happening again. One thing you have got to say about these neo-cons, they will never give up. McCain, lieberman and even Thume was on MSNBC playing up Iran. Sigh.
Oops!
Kristol: Sober, Serious Democrats Know U.S. Will Have 100K Troops In Iraq When Bush Leaves Office
U.N. Official Urged Commission To Study Neocon Role in 9/11
"Hey wake up these guys don’t care how many nasty names and things get spewed at them."
I believe Bush actually enjoys it more when people are angry or upset with him. He can handle not being popular. He lives by the mantra: Just because it's not popular, it doesn't mean it's not right.
Simply The Worst.
Did our militaristic president state when his daughters and Cheney's daughters will be joining the army in order to fight for the Fatherland? Perhaps he is waiting for the army to waive the requirement for them to go to basic training in order for them to go directly to Iraq so they can shed their blood for his less than noble cause.
SteveinSC @ 34:
Bush considers himself above the Law I doubt they will even try.
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
Washington-once AGAIN has fallen completely out of touch with the American Reality. Unless your getting subsidies to grow corn to fill up pickup trucks. Then you get their eyes and ears.
Yeah, it's really a shame. As much as I'd hate to see Bush doing a little dance, we've really f**ked that country up something terrible, and we should try to help straighten it out if we can. (And, if we can't, we should get out of the way). Putting enough guys with guns in to provide security for more than the Green Zone was obvious, and something we should have done 5 years ago. My only fear was the same dumb people were still at the top. Sure enough, they let the army handle the military surge, and figured an American 4 star general was best suited to handle the civil/diplomatic side as well. They should have thrown the State Dept., the UN, France, Egypt, Geo. Schultz, Jimmy Carter and Sinbad at this. Instead, I heard Tuesday, they have Ministerial meetings every 6 months, and working groups in between. That sounds like how they worked out the EU Treaty, and they're still trying to figure that out after 50 years. As I say, a shame. A lot of people are still dying.
CheneyBushCo hates America and does not support the troops.
Then again, that was probably the goal all along.
Indeed. And McCain is their sacrificial chump, meant to get his ass handed to him in this election (if he manages to win, by hook or by crook, so much the better. "Yay, more fascist appointments to the SCOTUS", say the conservative knuckle draggers!). He's just getting his chance, at the end of a long career in politics, to run for prez, much the same way that Dole did in '96 and Dole didn't stand a snowcone's chance in Hell.
I mean come on:
From everything we have heard, even the average con(servative) doesn't like McCain. Bush and McCain have been enemies for years. So why shouldn't I mull over the notion that he is their sacrificial lamb for this election cycle?
What really scares me is the thought that this might all be a political game for the next election. What if they re-evaluate in six months and - SURPRISE! - things look great and the troops can start coming home? WE WERE VICTORIOUS! YAAAY! The policy is vindicated, everyone loves the Repubs and, BINGO! They vote for McSame. After November it doesn't matter, stay, leave, whatever, they already got elected.
tool @ 35:
Most Americans don't want this country to erupt into riots and civil war. Yet I don't see how much longer most people will be willing to be dragged into their own demise whether they want it or not.
Erroll, There to busy planning Jenna's wedding, And Mary Chaney? She and her girlfriend just a baby girl. I guess they are just to busy. Or do they think they're to important? I suspect it's the latter.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 37:
Unlike the unserious Democrats and the overwhelming majority of Americans calling for withdrawal that is. Why is the sober, serious Kristol, who's never been right about anything, still taken seriously? Just asking.
At this point I would be willing to write the bastard a check to cover what he would make during the rest of his term if he would just go away and take cheney with him. We know nothing good will come from him during that time. And god only knows how much bad is yet to come.
"Worst president" just doesn't seem to cover it.
YourMom @ 46:
Of course it's a game. And of course they thought about it.
RepubliCON think and work tanks dwarf anything the Dems have.
WHen I heard him yakking all I could think was that he was drawing a line in the sand and daring us to fight him there. In other words he was distracting us from the real issues brought up at the hearings and making up one that is stupid to fight.
Like tearing up (first time to ever attend a funeral, let alone have it in the teevee) when a hearing is pointing out his screw ups. Lookee lookee cameramen over here, ignore those pesky senators.
P.D. @ 48:
For them, visiting the wounded troops once-a-year at Walter Reed for their photo ops is being patriotic.
Leslie @ 49:
Kristol, once again is wrong about another issue, but this hack is still rewarded with jobs at the National Review, Faux, and NYT. Disguisting
Yeah Leslie, and at first Americans were OK with it, now, they're extremly pissed off. You barely hear about the twins anymore or Chaney's for that matter. I wonder why?
L.A. Confidential @ 51:
The only time I really feel like checking out completely is when I consider that gambits like this actually work in manipulating the average American. I mean, sometimes it feels like my only alternative is to have a completely spastic, frustrated fit and start swinging a folding chair into as many American heads as I can...and that's not very nice or productive. I'd rather withdraw, meditate and just shut it all out. But I haven't; not just yet.
I kid, of course. Cartoon violence never solved anything, other than getting Tom off Jerry's case for a moment.
pissed off patricia @ 50:
He'a already GOT your money. And mine...and those people's over there....and...
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 54:
Kristol is convinced he is writing History for us. A little, inconsequential, ignorant man in the bigger scheme of things which is how history will reward him.
A wart, a blip buried somewhere in the pages and mostly ignored as unimportant in future History volumes.
It is sad to sit back and think about how many things have changed over the last seven plus years. How divided the country has become, how much our country is despised around the world. The wars, the economy, just everything. Yeah, 9-11 changed everything but that change was brought about by this administration. 9-11 has been used in the most awful way against the people of the US along with other countries. That date has been used as an excuse to break laws and that in itself should be a sin if not a crime.
perfectly put.
I'm still waiting for that ahole Mitt Romney's sons to go over to Iraq. The campaign is over now boys, go over and support the war your dad said we must sacrifice for.
"What really scares me is the thought that this might all be a political game for the next election. What if they re-evaluate in six months and - SURPRISE! - things look great and the troops can start coming home? WE WERE VICTORIOUS! YAAAY! The policy is vindicated, everyone loves the Repubs and, BINGO! They vote for McSame. After November it doesn’t matter, stay, leave, whatever, they already got elected."
I don't think that's going to happen. I'm sure they can control gas prices and maybe do a minor draw down, but there's no successfully hiding the chaos in Iraq. It's not going away any time soon.
Notice how Bush says Petraeus is in charge of Iraqi policy, even though he's not.
So much for pressuring the Iraqis to stand up for their own country. In case it wasn’t obvious already — it was — today Bush made perfectly clear that troop levels will not dip below the pre-surge level of 140,000 for the remainder of his presidency.
No surprise here. Maybe we need to start adding more pressure to our Senators. They need to hear how unhappy we are with this ongoing farce. I know we already are doing that, but a little more can't hurt.
Petraeus will have all the time he needs until President Obama takes the oath of office.
I'm not going to say it's the same, but there are certainly parallels between the mistakes in Iraq and what happened in the early years of Vietnam. Unpopular governments propped up by ever increasing numbers of American troops, unable to sustain themselves because they had no basis in tradition or popular consensus. All it needs is an external enemy (Iran) and more American troops (draft anyone?) to really blow this mess open.
I really have my doubts that Bush will leave office, perhaps using Blackwater to enable a coup.
Dale @ 62:
No, the Bushie point is to pass along the chaos, so that the next President [hopefully a Democrat] will own it. Then the war in Iraq will be the next administration's responsibility and, by extension, their fault.
Powell: Troops in Iraq must be reduced AP - Thu Apr 10, 9:33 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that President Bush's successor will have to come to grips with the reality that the United States cannot continue to keep such large numbers of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And just who is it that is going to pick up the bill for your mess Colin?
You break it you own it.
You have to admit that it's funny in so many ways. Remember when the "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union was stuck in Afghanistan getting their asses kicked and the United States was sitting back and laughing? Now the Christian terrorists are stuck in Iraq getting their baby killing clocks cleaned and the whole world is laughing.
So now what if for whatever reason all hell breaks loose in Iraq, will more troops be sent in or what? God, I sure the hell hope that doesn't happen because if it does it will give bush an excuse to say it was Iran's fault and you know where we go from there.
Andhakari @ 66:
Bush doesn't want to be President anymore. He's basically lazy and unmotivated. I'm surprised they were able to drag him into it to begin with back in 99-00.
The Chimp is the ultimate coward. The perfect poster boy for a Republican party that espouses personal responsibility but does not practice what it preaches. It's been obvious for years that Bush was stalling just to pass off this mess of a conflict to the next president, all the while hiding behind Gen. Betrayus' assessments and suggestions. History will judge this man-child as the dumbest, most divisive and incompetent president in American history. Good riddance, fatboy.
pissed off patricia @ 70:
Their basically going to have to start dragging people out of their houses to go fight a Major Ground War breakout.
We'll see how that works out.
Toi Su @ 69:
No one is laughing, it's horrible!
Leslie @ 67:
This also has to be blamed on the Dems in Congress, who refused to cut off funding for the war, and thereby will force the next president to deal with the fallout by himself or herself.
L.A. Confidential @ 73:
No, the Bushies believe it would be a quick and easy aerial war, and the Iranians will greet us with flowers. We've been down that road before.
Leslie @ 63:
I wonder why Busholini hasn't decreed himself the "delegator" yet?!
Frybread @ 72:
The whole purpose was to loot the U.S. Treasury and put money in their bud's pockets. Transfer wealth from the working people back to them. By that standard they have been wildly successful.
Dr. Acula @ 77:
Bush is not the Commander-in-Chief but the Delegator-in-Chief, aka Coward-in-Chief.
Leslie @ 76:
I have no way of knowing for sure but I'm guessing dealing with the Iranian military would be a whole lot different than dealing with the Iraqi military. That could get a lot uglier a lot faster. We can't afford it in lives or money.
Leslie @ 76:
Right thats why we spend so much money creating tremendous military technologies. So people can watch the carnage, payback, and death and destruction from the comfort of their living rooms. Their working on pilot less planes and robots, missile shields and lazers what have you.
Pretty pathetic state.
pissed off patricia @ 80:
Of course, absolutely. But the Bushies create their own [insane] reality.
I'm going to the kitchen to get a Coke. Anyone need anything? Our bar is in the kitchen so the contents of that are available too along with cold beer. I'll be happy to bring you something to moisten and cool your hot and angry throat.
Otherwise we already pretty much are policed by modern methods.
http://tinyurl.com/4pdz4w
L.A. Confidential @ 81:
Makes perfect sense we spend so much on the military, since toys are so much more important than a healthy, informed populace!
pissed off patricia @ 83:
How thoughtful: a cyber coke please! Cheers.
Frybread @ 85:
Plus Americans don't really want to fight wars. But they'll send their kids to do it.
Leslie @ 86:
Here ya go. It's ice cold, just pop the top and enjoy.
pissed off patricia @ 83:
Single malt, two fingers? Thanks!
pissed off patricia @ 83:
I'm @ work, so I guess I'll go with an unsweetened iced tea. Thanks, PoP!
Bonkers Hussein and Dr. Acula, got you both covered. Just for the record the only ice tea I ever have here is unsweetened. I put a sprig of mint in the tea, take it out if you care to.
L.A. Confidential @ 3:
i i totally agree. If things don't improve soon there is going to be a boiling point that the country can't stand, when they cant afford to eat.
Yet we can give 300 a month to certain Iraqis
Its bullshit
take carfe
tony and guidedogLido
ROT IN HELL GW ! I hope you get cancer and die a painful death.
pissed off patricia @ 50:
I repeat, "Shittiest President Ever."
Matt @ 64:
Maybe a stern letter will do it?
May we all please, pretty please stop paying attention to W.hat's his name that resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. when he's not in Crawford, Texas? He's of lesser importance as the days go by.
All Pelosi has to do is say impeachment is back on the table. Is she so afraid of Bush and Cheney that she can't bring herself to say it. Maybe a year ago she might have had a hard time getting anything started, but today I am almost positive there would be a public outcry of support for her to start impeachment. We need to do it NOW! Not much time left. Come on Pelosi. Show some guts and smarts. So far you have been a do-nothing-speaker. What a disappointment. Redeem yourself!
liberAL @ 97:
Who knows what Rove has heard, in listening in on her family's phone calls?
Weaseldog @ 94:
So it's no longer the White House but the Outhouse?
It's obvious he knows it's not working, but wants his successor blamed.
pissed off patricia @ 91:
You're inviting the guys to whip it out?
The only time Petraeus has is until January 20, 2009 along with Bush.
Please God, let the nightware called Bush be over soon.
I can't stomach it anymore. And all because Bush is trying to best his father.
i'm nostalgic for fascism? now that we have US, i miss fascism. but it could have been worse; we could have had timothy mcveigh for prez. boy what fun we'd have then. i got good news for us all, The hell has been around for so long, it had by now cooled down sufficiently to suit everybody. Isn't that good news? and we all are going there. that's the homeland devil of my own had not only promised but gave it to me. i'll meet milosevic who will tell me, Bozhidar, nobody will beat you ever again. by the way "bozhidar" means god's gift or as i say, God's gift to humanity. the problem is, i believe it. i'm in worse mess than bush because of that.
Bush's only strategy for Iraq is to run out the clock so he can pass on his losing war to his successor.
"Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills,
Yuppies moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the war.'
And the band played on."
L.A. Confidential @ 3:
Judging for the past decade, I am sorry to say that he is right...
You know what is funny? Right after Pelosi took "impeachment off the table" I make comments here to like: "Pelosi must go". And those comments would get deleted. Interesting that idea is the norm here now.
Progress. 2006 was a waste of all our votes. Just like 2004 and 2000.
Pelosi will not impeach. Pelosi and Reid love george bushes tax cuts, war, lack of oversight, disregaurd for the rule of law, all of what makes w, w...
SilentPatriot hits the nail squarely on the head with his commentary. Why do those in the media not see the reality of the situation? The sole purpose bush has on his mind is to stall until he can leave the mess to a (likely) democratic president.
L.A. Confidential @ 87:
What really scares me is the new unmanned, "robot" military being created right now. UAV's, robot mini-tanks, satellite-based weapons, cruise missles, etc. Terminator come to life. It's sad to say, but think about it: When most Americans talk about the costs of this war, they mean American lives or the enormous costs of training, paying, and deploying troops and expensive tanks and such. Imagine a world where war is relatively cheap in both financial costs and lives..a.k.a the unmanned military.
What will our goverment do when it can invade and destroy other countries and very few, if any of our people, are put at risk? Robots don't suffer from PTSD or lost limbs.
I shudder to think of that. I wonder if most Americans will care at all who we murder when that comes to be because I don't see much concern for the Iraqis.
yakfitguy @ 110:
We will lose our souls completely. With no U.S. children in danger, the world will finally see the amoral, callousness that resides within the hearts of America. We don't care if other people's children die. It won't be our fault. If they don't want the robots to kill them, they should surrender.
Yes, a great and wonderful country this is.
yakfitguy @ 110:
That era is ending, even as it seems to be reaching a new apex.
The US Military uses 395,000 barrels of oil a day. Oil that has to be purchased from friendly nations, refined, and then shipped at great expense to the battle fields. the US taxpayer currently pays about $47 / gallon for fuel in Iraq.
As technology increases, so does cost and energy consumption.
And war limits fuel availability. Once Bush hits Iran and shuts down the Strait of Hormuz. China will be bidding directly against the US to make up for the 20% of their petroleum provided by Iran. Oil refineries and ports will become fair game for terrorist attacks. The price of oil will double and then triple. At home gasoline prices will rise well past $10/gallon.
The US will sink into a depression and the support for the war and Presidents that aren't interested in the economy will wane. The US Military's ability to buy parts from China will likely dry up.
Our Military will be faced with an escalating war as they experience shortages in every critical resource needed.
The hi-tech stuff will dry up and our Gov will work harder to put more boots on the ground. They just won't equip the m so well or train them as they do now.
Weaseldog @ 112:
Remember what a great country we were.
People around the world loved us. Countries respected us.
I hope McCain gets elected. America needs more leadership like that.
Colin Powell is saying the same thing (troop levels will remain high). It's obvious when you have Petraeus saying, "We'll remove some surge forces, then hold for 45 days then BEGIN an assessment". They are clearly signalling a 140k man force right through 2008.
So much for the pundits who claimed a pre-election reduction was inevitable. It may even be political to strengthen McCain's hand. Now he can draw a sharper contrast than he otherwise could while having to explain the administrations troop reductions.
What a disgusting pig!! And should we refer to him as "bush"? I thought when you are a five star general, you deserve the respect by being called "General Patreaus". Guess our decider decided not.
What a f*cking moron!
This man is unable to make a rational decision for himself and will call him commander-in-chief
He looks like a chimp.
This was like hearing and smelling one long sustained gut emptying fart. War with no end for the Soldiers in the Military with continued long term deployments. Bigger badder military budget, just another shift of already known gross expenses and another round of the shell game. Everything else in Bushes speech was just one hot noxious guttural hydrogen (light a match please) Auspuff. There is no protecting the National Defense Interests here. Replacing military equipment to a readiness of pre- Iraq debacle is not reflected. Iran is gaining influence in Iraq and has got the upper hand with people and politics (Basra). Where is Condi the Wonder Secretary of State (what a waste this person is)? Why doesn’t this lame duck President just go away and climb under a rock? Who does he think he is speaking to in his speech (who is listening, viva NASCAR! pass me a beer George!) What does he think he will accomplish (smirk, smirk stupid smile)? What a waste of “blood and treasure “this Iraq debacle is for average Joe American. This phrase “blood and treasure “ has become a curse and a slur for the families who have lost a Soldier and to the hundreds of thousands of American wounded Soldiers and the untold hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi casualties and to our children and their children that will suffer this American debt throughout their lifetimes. I want my money (taxes) back for this debacle. This is like a bad B movie at the drive in (Plan B from Outer Space) and that is putting it mildly. McCain and Condi ticket, you have got to be kidding right? The cool Aid must be coming in extreme industrial strength and the Neocon-Repugs are shooting it directly into the jugular vein! Aghaaa the colors… I can see Ron Reagan!
He's not in a 9:00/6:00 prime time slot? Oh, well. In a serious note, Iraq is becoming our Vietnam while Bush is our Hoover. Think about it, America.
Bush would make a good study for some school's psychiatric dept. He thinks he's tough, but it's a facade. He's afraid of horses, now come on.
THE BUSH VIDEO:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8187301869971500776
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Yesssirrrreeeee George , mission accomplished right ? You ought to be strung up by your wal - NUTS you freak ! You , Cheney and Rumsfeld !
"By every meaningful measure, THIS PRESIDENCY has been a failure."
I took the liberty to shorten your work, SilentPatriot. This sums it up neatly.
When you're done in Iraq, there are about 60 other contries that need "doing" too. Yeah. America saves the world (again). (Remember Vietnam.)
bush only stopped mumbling his robotic "stay the course" mantra AFTER the Dems won in 2004. That's when he knew he couldn't keep ignoring what the American public wanted..... getting our troops back home & seeing an end to his war.
Surge. What it really meant in Bush-speak:
"How dare people question me! I'll show them who's The Decider. Now I'll just send some MORE troops over there to fight them over there. Heh heh heh heh"
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