[CHARLITE]

I'm very uneasy too. The president needs to be more stern and forceful with Syria and Iran......for openers.

[CHARLITE]

For your interest.

Char

[SevenMinusOne]

He could have cited the capture of three of the top insurgent leaders over the last three months, including Abed Dawood Suleiman (Abu Musab Zarqawi's top military aide), Muhammad Khalaf Shakar (the leader of the Mosul Al Qaeda cell) and his aide, Hussein Alaiwi Ibrahim. The president could have talked about the capture of weapons caches, the discovery of an insurgent torture chamber, and the rescue of Australian hostage Douglas Wood.

I thought the President's speech was great the way it was. However, I do agree there needs to be a much better and more intense PR machine coming out of the WH and RNC relaying the points above!

And doing so on a daily or weekly basis - The lack of intensity out of the WH and RNC regarding our successes just doesn't cut it for me! -

We are fighting the most successful unconventional war in history! - We need to start telling and retelling our successes. (to offset the lies and spin of the MSM and those who wish us to fail).

[Recon Dad]

Finally got around to the nitty gritty in the last sentence. President Bush needs to stand by his famous quote that no nation can harbor or abet terrorists. We have fallen into the PC mood trying to allow Iraq to take on the burden of their own defense. The problem is as in Vietnam we are allowing our enemies safe areas where we won't chase them. This needs to stop right away if for no other reason that to put an end to our guys playing the ducks in a shooting gallery as they ride around waiting for the next IED.
I know the President has a pair, now he needs to get on with it. They aren't going to like us anyway.

[iconoclast]

The president needs to be more stern and forceful with Syria and Iran......for openers.

For openers, he better rev up the draft ... he couldn't invade Kuwait, much less Iran and Syria, without it.

[OldFriend]

If Frum's wife wasn't such a big mouth, he would still be writing speeches for our President.

[sydbas]

I agree the WH needs to be more agressive in defending President Bush's policy but so do the House and Senate Republicans too. Day after day the democrats are out there spewing their talking points and it seems like day after day they go unanswered. Yes Bush should do more but it would be nice if he had a little help too.

[ValenB4]

There's not much Bush can do as he is not in control of events, he can only react. Three and a half more years of this and Bush's approval ratings will be in the 20% range, and the Democratic nominee a shoo-in.