Posted on 11/14/2005 6:19:09 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
President Bush escalated the bitter debate over the Iraq war on Monday, hurling back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam Hussein was a grave threat to the world.
"They spoke the truth then and they're speaking politics now," Bush charged.
Bush went on the attack after Democrats accused the president of manipulating and withholding some pre-war intelligence and misleading Americans about the rationale for war.
"Some Democrats who voted to authorize the use of force are now rewriting the past," Bush said. "They're playing politics with this issue and they are sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy. That is irresponsible."
The president spoke to cheering troops at this military base at a refueling stop for Air Force One on the first leg of an eight-day journey to Japan, South Korea, China and Mongolia.
During the stopover, he also met privately with families of four slain service members.
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AP=Dirty rotten filth bags.
ESCALATES!!!! The dimocRATS have been on the attack and are escalating on a daily basis. GWB speaks out and he is the one escalating. Give me a break.
How many of those self-same hypocrites in the senate ever meet with the families "out of the newslight"? They desecrate the sacrifice of our worthy soldiers by their very lies! Why don't they go pick up a gun and stand a line instead of spouting political crap that we're sick to death of hearing!
No bias there!
/sarcasm
The left is calling Bush a liar,claims he is responsible for the deaths of 2000+ soldiers and Bush mislead 300 million Americans , and Bush is "escalating" this?
"Escalates" must be AP-speak for
"Rats realize all hell just broke loose and Satan likes ridin' donkeys the hard way."
Bias? What bias? *snerk*
I was just gonna post the same thing....I hate the rats and the MSM...
AP = Assinine Prestitutes
I can't wait to see photos of his stop at Elmendorf.
He is finally beginning to do what is needed most from him, standing by the troops and motivating them, as well as telling the truth to the world of what the Coalition has achieved in the WOT.
The only speech he needs to give is "WE ARE WINNING," listing all the accomplishments of our U.S. Armed Forces/Coalition in the ME these past 2-1/2 years, up to current daring deeds as well as humanitarian work, all the stuff that is being blacked out by anti-American leftmedia. Also, emphasize that the entire Coalition believes the cause is just and noble.
Mr. President, speak of victory in the present tense, not only in future tense. "WE ARE WINNING."
I HATE THIS. Defending yourself is not escalating the conflict. COME TO THINK OF IT, THIS IS HOW THE MSM SEES OUR ENTIRE WOT. As escalation, rather than defense.
I can not say, in front of my children or God, how angry this makes me.
The Democrats and the MSM have been on the attack since the first day Bush went into office and they have never let up. To hell with them and all who think like they do.
ONLY 43% of AMERICANS THINK LEADERS WERE LYING,
MORE AGREE THAT IT WAS BAD INTELLIGENCE
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CIA_LEAK_POLL?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-11-09-07-17-47
"The concerns about Libby's case come at a time that a growing number of people, 43 percent, now say U.S. and British leaders were mostly lying when they claimed before the Iraq war that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, while an equal number said they were misinformed by bad intelligence.
That's up from 31 percent who felt in February 2004 that the leaders were lying, while 49 percent said they got bad intelligence.
Two-thirds of Democrats say U.S. and British political leaders were lying about weapons of mass destruction and half of independents feel that way. Only one in 10 Republicans said that was the case.
The telephone poll of 1,201 adults was taken Nov. 3-6 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points."
"They spoke the truth then and they're speaking politics now," Bush charged.
Translation from "Newspeak:"
President Bush decided that he's no longer going to allow lies to be told about the actions of his administration without confronting them. This is much like when the conservatives used "hate speech" when they disagree with the views of liberals, and make suggestions of policies of their own.
Mark
ESCALATES? I want to give AP an escalated fat lip. Allegorically speaking, of course.
This is what he has needed to do for a long time. The RNC needs to spend some money running public information commercials on the successes in Iraq but they probably won't do that. They need to hammer the Democrats with their own words. I'd love to see some commercials with the words of Durbin and Kennedy and the other turncoats laid bare. We don't need to wait till 2006 to start tearing down the Democratic Party to its foundation. We need to hammer them like they have been hammering the President, we need to show them as the traitors they are and judge our success by how loudly they cry and whine. They are not fellow Americans, they gave up that later when they put their political goals ahead of their country and our soldiers. They need to be shamed like they have never been before.
Because they are scared to death of guns and they have ZERO will to defend themselves, their families, or their Country, that's why.
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