Posted on 12/11/2006 4:56:17 PM PST by SandRat
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2006 -- Success in Iraq will help protect the United States in the long run, President Bush said here today.
“This is really the calling of our time -- that is, to defeat these extremists and radicals, and Iraq is a component part, an important part, of laying the foundation for peace,” Bush said following a meeting with State Department officials about the way forward in Iraq. |
| Related Sites: Transcript of President Bush’s Remarks |
President Bush is right.
Yes, but Hitlery would have people think that the extremists are you and I!
So why didn't Bush take out Iran's and Syria's ability to kill our personnel in Iraq when the getting was good?
My thought too.
And the nations that sponsor them (Iraq, Syria). ....despite what James Baker & his band of idiots have to say about it.
Good question. And why didn't he ally himself with Israel to defeat Hezbullah this summer? And why let millions of illegals invade the southern border? (US not Iraq). And why let Bolton go without threatening not another stinking dime for the UN?
oops, that's Iran and Syria.
Being right isn't enough. He bungled the message so poorly that most people just don't take him seriously. It's a severe leadership problem - he has no leadership, and has lost the confidence of enough Americans that being right doesn't add up to much.
A shame.
Extremists and radicals? Is Bush still that clueless, or is he using taqiyya on the Muslims? - tom
That's why we're capitulating.
hehehehehe... just had a nasty thought.... wonder if someone could morph the faces of the characters on the ISG onto the group shot from "Robin-Hood Men in Tights?"
BUMP!
He would have if the stay at home conservatives so worried about putting up a wall on the Mexican Border that they refused to see the forest through the trees would have went out and voted.... In 06 Bush needed a Mandate to press in Iraq.. Now the Democrats feel vindicated and will press for retreat at the peril of our country... Please Mr. President stand strong. One day the plaque on Rushmore may read
"Because of his unwavering devotion to spreading the idea of Freedom and Liberty throughout the world in the face of harsh political adversity both foreign and domestic. He has successfully laid a foundation for Peace in the world and Peace toward the United States of America this foundation is as solid as the granite from which his likeness will be graven."
If, big IF, he had the support of the MSM from the begining of this war it would have been over in weeks. The MSM is to blame for this whole mess. President Bush was right on day 1 and is right again today.
The MSM SUCKS and is the USA's BIGEST PROBLEM.
Yeah it is and I am conflicted as to given our MSM whether he could have gotten it out or not
But he could have made a better effort
For one thing he needed a Tony Snow from Day ONE
And he needed to veto CFR
I agree that Bush was, and is right. I also agree that after the hot war ousting Saddaam he let up the pressure way too soon. Sadr should've been dead a long time ago. We should have followed up Syria & Iran's meddling with extreme prejudice right away. And we need a large, glowing hole in Tehran YESTERDAY. And he didn't because....the MSM and Dems would crucify him??? THAT'S WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN ANYWAY!!! So you might as well get the job done.
President Bush is being a lot nicer about the ISG and their bonehead recs than I would've been.
More people need to realize the threat we face, and stop believing the pap (B.S.) from the MSM. They are also the enemy.
Good question. And why didn't he ally himself with Israel to defeat Hezbullah this summer? And why let millions of illegals invade the southern border? (US not Iraq). And why let Bolton go without threatening not another stinking dime for the UN?
Shush, Stay the Course......
GWB badly needs to rehab this war, whether that means playing lip service to the ISG report, or to sending more soldiers into Iraq, or whatever.
GWB has three budgets left in his term in office, he needs to make a damn play.
I totally agree... the MSM and the DEMS are to blame 99% the other 1% goes to GWB for not standing up to these DEMS and MSM and just doing the job that needed to be done. I am so pissed, GW could have won this war long ago just by using BRUNT FORCE and FCK THE MSM and the DEMS whining..... it could have been over a long time ago... but unfortunately the DEMS new this thats why the hatched it up so high that GW broke...
Shoot at us from a moasc we obliterate it, enemy nest in a city... bomb it till its gone. So some civilians would have died probably less than now, but the message would have been sent from the get go.. HAVE WE LOST OUR BALLS?????
Being right isn't enough. He bungled the message so poorly that most people just don't take him seriously. It's a severe leadership problem - he has no leadership, and has lost the confidence of enough Americans that being right doesn't add up to much.
Exactly, unless he can do something dramatic, we are sunk in Iraq. not from events on the battlefield, but from poor management by L. Paul Bremer.
The miscalculations of the administration were many, starting with messing around with the UN for over six months leading up to the battle, which gave Saddam and his European allies all the time they needed to get rid of all evidence of his WMD program. Then there was (and still is) the obsession with doing the impossible -- "winning muslim hearts and minds." .....and not killing Sadr when we had the chance for fear of riots. Fear influenced way too many decisions, and none of it was the fault of the MSM. .....rotten as they undoubtedly are.
In the early days of the war President Bush made it very clear that not just terrorist organizations but the nations that sponsor them will be dealt with severely. Nowadays there's only talk of the former, not the later.
Hopefully the President tells the Baker commission in no uncertain terms where they can stick their surrender plan, and they places Iran and Syria squarely in the crosshairs.
Doesn't matter, anymore, "W" has become too arrogant. He had our support, but ignored our advice, ain't my fault!
Flame away!
Well Ann Coulter had it right
Back during the Campaign she said "Bush should stop acting like a New England WASP and start acting like a TEXAN "
or similar words
And I know what you mean by his fan club here
I'm starting to like Mitt Romney for '08.
The GOP nominee in 2008 must be able to make a case for himself. No more easily befuddled cowboys, despite the evident severe man-crush that many conservatives have on guys in cowboy hats and cowboy boots.
It may be worse than that, if something dramatic isn't done fast, the GOP candidate in 2008 will not matter.
We could become Republicans circa 1974 we had like 35 senators and 168 House members and a handful of governorships.
"Train more Iraqi's" has been said for years, "A stable democracy" has been said for years, "dead enders" and the "insurgency is in it's last throws" etc etc.
Iraq isn't a failure yet...yet.
It is. The saddest part is that this president could have been great; the opportunity was there.
After he had a bit of luck in coming into office in 00, and the entire country backing the Republican party after 9/11, they bungled everything that followed.
We successfully increased our majorities in Congress in 04, Saddam had been captured, the economy was recovering, the Democrats and liberals had just been dealt a crushing blow.
Instead the President and Congress completely failed to enact a proper conservative agenda and now paid the price for it. Instead of being a great President, Bush II has settled for the mediocrity of his father.
He needs to reject the Pelosi agenda to get back on track.
Tall order.
Another armchair General.
Talk is cheap, Mr President.
Articulation matters.
How long must he "articulate" feeding our guys into a meat grinder?
It's action that matters.
Great post.
We're talking about a ridiculous situation here in which a country that has vowed to wipe Irael off the map, aids Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and supports Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, has an almost thirty year track record of active sponsorship of terrorism, and the means to bring it about, is now going nuclear. The president of Iran is a man who when he was the mayor of Tehran, wanted to widen all the boulevards of the city so that when the hidden imam returns, the so-called 12th imam returns to Earth in two years time, he doesn't have to ride through narrow streets.
The Iraq surrender Group?
As Mark Steyn said: What is so depressing about all this is that it's entirely September the 10th talk. It's the idea that you can cut something that is going to be this decade's North Korean deal, or this decade's Oil For Food program, which as always happens when free states strike a deal with these unfree states, you wind up with something that works to their advantage and to your disadvantage.
We are?
As a citizen of this republic with civilian control of the military I have a right, nay a duty, to voice my opinion about the conditions our military must endure. Namely I don't think that the killing of our servicemen and women by Iran and Syria should be tolerated--perhaps you do. Bush chose to ignore that Iran and Syria spilled American blood and until I know a good reason why I will complain. Perhaps you think that all the bonafide Generals that the MSM trot out have more right to their opinions that I do.
Or did you mean something different?
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