Posted on 12/12/2005 6:09:11 AM PST by Coop
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is using a visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution, as a reminder before the Iraqi elections that the path to American democracy was not always easy either.
Pennsylvania also is the home state of a leading Iraq war critic, Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who planned to speak on Bush's heels and repeat his call to bring the troops home from a fight he says has become too violent and out of control...
Iraqis are preparing to vote under tight security to elect a 275-member parliament that will run the country for the next four years. The election will be the first under the new constitution ratified in an October 15 referendum and will complete the steps toward democratization following the ouster of Saddam Hussein's government.
Monday's Iraq speech is Bush's third, part of a campaign to win support for the mission, with most Americans saying in polls that they disapprove of his handling of the war. The speech is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. ET.
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LOL!!! I LAUGH at that!
I missed him. How bad was he?
This senile old man needs to be boxed in both ears with two books. One is a history of General MacArthur's rebuilding of Japan after WW II. The other is the history of General Eisenhower's rebuilding of Germany after WW II.
Murtha has the bald-faced ignorance to say that "the presence of our troops builds hostility," and that "the military only destroys things."
Is this pompous fool who is outliving his 15 minutes of fame forgotten these two words: Nagasaki and Hiroshima? The Japanese had far more reason to hate Americans and not cooperate with the "occupation" (which Murtha decries) than the Iraqis now have, or ever will have.
History, which Bush has finally started to emphasize, demonstrates that Murtha is a walking, talking blithering idiot. I hope I'm not being too harsh on the gentleman. LOL.
Congressman Billybob
He sounded like a moonbat
Fox went to Paris Hilton and then a discussion of Mike's date hitting on Father Morris (the young priest) at the Christmas party. I think this gives us a clue as to how relevant Murtha is. HA!
Thanks Mo...I hope he did call him a fool! That would declare open season to call him a coward!
LOL!
You are so correct if I read you right. A successful election goes hand in hand with security forces.
Just listening to Murtha mumbling and rambling on about his views of the Middle East how we are doing is a disgrace. A Sheer and utter disgrace. To every man and woman who has fought for freedom in this country since the beginning.
He knows it too. Thats what is ironic about it.
Thats why he had the look of sheer anxiety in his eyes while he was spouting this verbal vomit disguised as a speech, and thats why he never even bothered to comb his hair before he came on camera.
I dont care what medals and awards he may have earned, or what his pay grade was when he retired, his speech just gave the meaning of collaboration with the enemy a new definition.
He isnt advocating the advancement of freedom. He is advocating the continuance of the status quo of Dictators, Kings, and established tyranny in the Middle East. Listen to how he described his talk with King Fahd.
Either he just doesnt get it, and he never will, or he sold out to the moonbats to gain something.
Must be because he has become a moonbat. LOL
Calling him senile would be an excuse
This Moonbat actually believes what he says
Did we also loose the hearts and minds of the Germans, Italians,Japanese, South Koreans, South Vietnamese , Kuwaitis, Mexicans,and God knows who else?
LOL - Lord knows I don't know what to think about what he says, unless he tells me. LOL
We did have help in fighting for it .. just like the Iraqis
You might want to read up on your history
I wish the media played his comments for a bit longers .. he is such a moonbat *L*
I couldn't belieive the (words), excuse me, lies that were coming out of Murtha's mouth.
Pennsylvania voters -- please unelect this dimwit.
I may have used inartful pharasing, but I believe I am correct that the reason given for regime change was to protect America against a terrorist threat, facilitated by Saddam's regime. A side benefit to that is "democracy for Iraqis," and whatever benefits flow to the US and the world from that.
Am I to understand your position to be that President Bush's first goal was establishment of a beach head for Democracy in the center of the Middle East?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html
President Says Saddam Hussein Must Leave Iraq Within 48 Hours
That's where the WMDs came in, as an over simplification.
Oh. Okay. If you say so.
I said that God gave us the desire to be free.
BIG difference.
Great philosophers and thinkers have come from that region.
I believe that America is exceptional, but one of the things that is exceptional in this country is that our Founders wrote within the founding documents the need to overcome innate sin with checks and balances, and drew our laws from God's laws.
The Iraqi people are no more sinful than American people, and if safeguards have been written into their constitution, they have every chance of success.
(And don't confuse optimism with being a 'pollyanna.' Just because you are a pessimist doesn't mean that the President who is not, is simplistic).
Off to work.....
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