1-28-03 State of the Union -- What President Bush really said in that speech

whitehouse.gov ^ | 1-2003

[doug from upland]

HERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT EXCERPTS FROM THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH ON 1-28-03. President Bush made a great case. Unfortunately, he backed down in the face of the screaming leftists. I heard Swimmer Ted Kennedy say that the President promised we would find nuclear weapons. The Swimmer got away with it. Bush should be holding fireside chats, not news conferences where the insane David Gregory and not so lovely Helen Thomas are in attendance, in which he continues to lay out the case. Our military deserves it. The info from General Sadr and the Saddam tapes may well eviscerate the Dems before the November elections. But he has to pull the trigger and do it.

Before September the 11th, many in the world believed that Saddam Hussein could be contained. But chemical agents, lethal viruses and shadowy terrorist networks are not easily contained. Imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans -- this time armed by Saddam Hussein. It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known. We will do everything in our power to make sure that that day never comes. (Applause.)

Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option. (Applause.)

The dictator who is assembling the world's most dangerous weapons has already used them on whole villages -- leaving thousands of his own citizens dead, blind, or disfigured. Iraqi refugees tell us how forced confessions are obtained -- by torturing children while their parents are made to watch. International human rights groups have catalogued other methods used in the torture chambers of Iraq: electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape. If this is not evil, then evil has no meaning. (Applause.)

And tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country -- your enemy is ruling your country. (Applause.) And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation. (Applause.)

The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. America will not accept a serious and mounting threat to our country, and our friends and our allies. The United States will ask the U.N. Security Council to convene on February the 5th to consider the facts of Iraq's ongoing defiance of the world. Secretary of State Powell will present information and intelligence about Iraqi's legal -- Iraq's illegal weapons programs, its attempt to hide those weapons from inspectors, and its links to terrorist groups.

We will consult. But let there be no misunderstanding: If Saddam Hussein does not fully disarm, for the safety of our people and for the peace of the world, we will lead a coalition to disarm him. (Applause.)

[Christian4Bush]

DFU bump

[EagleUSA]

I would have called it "The State of the World Address". It really served one purpose -- to show that he is a globalist.

[End Times Sentinel]

This is the one where W lied to us and said the threat from Iraq was "Immenent", and Saddam "Had WMDs", and Iraq did 9-11, right?  I'd take the time to verify, but I've heard it from Bill Maher, Cindy Sheehan, and Sean Penn, and stuff, and gosh, it's such a busy world with the NCAA tourney and The Sopranos back on the air...  why bother?

I know what I know, Bush Lied, People Died.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[TheSpy]

David Gregory is so cracked out, its pathetic.

[doug from upland]

I think it showed that we have a president who is serious about taking on our global enemies rather than treating it as a law enforcement matter.

[EagleUSA]

I think it showed that we have a president who is serious about taking on our global enemies rather than treating it as a law enforcement matter.
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That we already knew. Sadly, talk is cheap, and Washington has virtually no respect for our soverignty when it comes to achieving thier geo-political goals. Therein lies our major problem.