What Bush Should Have Said

Time/CNN ^ | Sunday, Sep. 03, 2006 | Joe Klein

[woofie]

My fellow members of the American Legion, I have made some serious mistakes and miscalculations in our struggle against Islamic extremism over the past five years. Some of these were made out of anger and impatience in the months after we were so viciously attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Others were made out of my heartfelt belief that our American values—freedom, democracy, market economics—are the surest path away from the fury and despair that have plagued the nations at the heart of the Islamic world. I still believe deeply in those values.

I am still convinced that we are facing a long-term campaign against Islamic extremists who have the means to bring unimaginable horrors to our streets. But events in Lebanon and Iraq this summer have convinced me that our Freedom Agenda must be modified.

I was going to deliver a speech today in which I said, "The war we fight today is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century." But then I thought about a conversation I had recently with a young U.S. military officer, a combat veteran of the Iraq war who remains on active duty, committed to our mission. "Mr. President," he said. "If this struggle is so important, why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army and raised taxes to pay for it? Why haven't you mobilized the nation?"

[woofie]

Drivel

[samtheman]

The tiny tiny mind of Klein at work on frivolous fantasy.

[ANGGAPO]

Well, get a Democrat in that office and you will see all sorts of taxes.

[Mercat]

needed a barf alert.

[kinoxi]

Wow. 'Never let the facts get in the way of a good story' though, right?

[TSchmereL]

Drivel is right. It's nauseating.

[Coldwater Creek]

And, probably the draft as well!!!

[Drango]

What Joe Klein should say:
Fellow Americans...I am not an unbiased observer of the USA political landscape. As a journalist, my views are shaped by the other journalists I hang with. We think middle America is a little odd, The second Amendment is wrong, religion is a little quirky and homosexuality is very normal. Still, I feel compelled to write my whackadoo dogma or I won't get paid and the other members of the pundit class won't invite me to their cocktail parties.

[My2Cents]

Joe, when you're president, you can write your own d*mn speeches.

[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.
"Drivel"

It's Joe Klein. Of course it's drivel.

Michael Frazier

[xcamel]

That seems like an awful lot of work for one brain cell.

I wonder how many DUmmies helped write it?

[Mike Darancette]

The guy is not mentioning that Bush raised revenue to help pay for the war by lowering taxes. We maybe should have cut entitlements some to help too.

As to rallying the country to the cause 51% of the Democrats actively do not want the president to succeed.Where does Mr. Klien stand on the cause.

And recent events concerning the UN, Iran and Lebanon put paid to the notion that the UN and the IAEA could have had any good effect on Iraq.

[Steel Wolf]

"Mr. President," he said. "If this struggle is so important, why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army and raised cut taxes to pay for it? Why haven't you mobilized the nation?"

Aside from the correction, which I applied, what's wrong with this sentiment?

[RichInOC]

What Bush Should Have Said

"Joe, I liked Primary Colors. You're a heck of a writer. Stick to that."

[uncbob]

We should have had more patience with it and supported it more fully. In the end, it would have revealed what we now know: that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. That revelation would have destroyed the dictator's credibility. His brutal regime might have toppled from within.

This guy is delusional--collapsed from within YEAH RIGHT

And just what does he think Saddam would have been doing in the years since then if we hadn't invaded

And what if we have to move against Iran .What base would we use

[Steel Wolf]

And what if we have to move against Iran. What base would we use

Well, the Afghan / Iranian border is four hundred miles long. We could probably squeeze through that.

[Eccl 10:2]

How about:

"One hour ago we launched cruise missiles at Tehran, destroying the Iranian government building while Ahmedinejad was briefing the entire hard-line cleric assembly. There were no survivors. Simultaneously, similar attacks were launched against Syria, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. The leadership commands of these countries have been terminated with extreme prejudice."

"While we were at it, we took out the New York Times and the Washington Post, CBS News, the ACLU, and the NEA - both of them. Oh, yeah, we took down France, too."

"Further, we now have in custody the Clinton Gang, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Russert, John F'n Kerry, and the Dixie Chicks. They won't be a problem anymore."

"Thank you very much - and may God bless America."

[Valin]

Reason #671,834 why they play the theme song from the 3 Stooges when Joe Klein walks in the room, and not Hail To The Chief.

[b4its2late]

Klein is an