* with poor communication of the fact from the GOP
** Bush could have said weeks ago that he recognized things in Iraq were a mess and that he was making a change.
*** I think the biggest failure was the failure to communicate. We know that Bush is not a good communicator,
**** a move by Bush to demonstrate that he seriously wants to change tactics to make Iraq successful would have been a big net positive in the elections.
***** Bush's ability to communicate effectively is a major hindrance to the war effort.
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I'm so sick and tired of hearing this crap! Do you ever read? Do you look for info? Do you all just read the NYSlimes and nod and mutter, thas rite?
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September 13, 2005: President Welcomes President Talabani of Iraq to the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050913-5.html October 4, 2005: President Holds Press Conference
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051004-1.html October 5, 2005: President Meets with Secretary Rumsfeld, Generals Pace and Petraeus to Discuss Progress in Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051005-1.html October 6, 2005: President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/print/20051006-3.html October 13, 2005: President Addresses U.S. Troops in Iraq in Video Teleconference
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051013.html October 25, 2005: President Addresses Joint Armed Forces Officers' Wives' Luncheon
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051025.html October 25, 2005: President Bush Meets with President Barzani of Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051025-7.html October 28, 2005: President Discusses War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051028-1.html November 11, 2005: President Bush on the war on terror
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520335/posts November 19, 2005: President Addresses Troops at Osan Air Base in Osan, Korea
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051119-5.html November 30, 2005: National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/iraq_strategy_nov2005.html January 10, 2006:
Fact Sheet: Progress and the Work Ahead
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060110.html President Addresses Veterans of Foreign Wars on the War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060110-1.html# January 11, 2006: President Participates in Discussion on the Global War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060111-7.html January 23, 2006: President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060123-4.html January 25, 2006: President Visits National Security Agency
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060125-1.html January 31, 2006: President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060131-10.html February 9, 2006: President Discusses Progress in War on Terror to National Guard
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060209-2.html February 24, 2006: President Addresses American Legion, Discusses Global War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060224.html February 27, 2006: President Addresses National Governors Association Meeting
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060227.html March 20, 2006: President Discusses War on Terror and Operation Iraqi Freedom
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/print/20060320-7.html March 21, 2006: Press Conference of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060321-4.html March 22, 2006: President Discusses War on Terror, Progress in Iraq in West Virginia
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060322-3.html April 19, 2006: President Meets with Governors Who Traveled to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060419.html May 20, 2006: President Congratulates Iraqis on Formation of New Unity Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060520-1.html May 25, 2006: President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom Participate in Joint Press Availability
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060525-12.html June 8, 2006: Statement by the President on Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060608.html July 28, 2006: President Bush and Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom Participate in Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060728-1.html August 15, 2006: President Bush Meets with Counterterrorism Team
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060815.html August 21, 2006: Press Conference by the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060821.html August 31, 2006: President Bush Addresses American Legion National Convention
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060831-1.html September 5, 2006: President Discusses Global War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-4.html September 6, 2006: Fact Sheet: The Administration's Legislation to Create Military Commissions
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060906-6.html Fact Sheet: Bringing Terrorists to Justice
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060906-2.html President Discusses Creation of Military Commissions to Try Suspected Terrorists
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060906-3.html September 7, 2006: Fact Sheet: Progress Report: Fixing the Problems Exposed by the 9/11 Attacks
President Bush Discusses Progress in the Global War on Terror
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060907-2.html September 11, 2006: Fact Sheet: The Fifth Anniversary of September 11, 2001 President's Address to the Nation
Remembering 9/11
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060911-2.html September 15, 2006: Press Conference of the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060915-2.html The Rest of the Story: Iraq's Links to Al Qaeda
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060915-4.html September 19, 2006: President Bush Meets with Iraqi President Talabani In Focus: Renewal in Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060919-10.html September 22, 2006: President Bush and President Musharraf of Pakistan Participate in Press Availability
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060922.html September 26, 2006: President Bush Welcomes President Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House (with video)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060926-3.html The Rest of the Story: The NIE Reflects Previous Statements About the War on Terror Setting the Record Straight
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060926-8.html October 11, 2006: Press Conference by the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061011-5.html October 14, 2006: Setting the Record Straight: The Associated Press' Iraq Analysis
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061014-3.html October 25, 2006: Press Conference by the President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061025.html October 26, 2006: Setting the Record Straight: Mainstream Media Reports Inaccurate; Distort Prime Minister Maliki's Press Conference
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061026-3.html October 28, 2006: Joint Statement by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061028-1.html November 5, 2006: President's Statement on the Saddam Hussein Verdict
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September 26, 2006: Press Availability with Presidents Bush and Karzai Quote of the Day:
Question from Jennifer Loven, Associated Press (possibly the dumbest question ever asked by the press): “Even after hearing that one of the major conclusions of the National Intelligence Estimate in April was that the Iraq war has fueled terror growth around the world, why have you continued to say that the Iraq war has made this country safer?”
President Bush: “… You know, to suggest that if we weren't in Iraq, we would see a rosier scenario with fewer extremists joining the radical movement requires us to ignore 20 years of experience. We weren't in Iraq when we got attacked on September the 11th. We weren't in Iraq, and thousands of fighters were trained in terror camps inside your country, Mr. President [Karzai]. We weren't in Iraq when they first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993. We weren't in Iraq when they bombed the Cole. We weren't in Iraq when they blew up our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. My judgment is, if we weren't in Iraq, they'd find some other excuse, because they have ambitions. They kill in order to achieve their objectives.”
President Karzai: “Ma'am … terrorism was hurting us way before Iraq or September 11th. The President mentioned some examples of it. These extremist forces were killing people in Afghanistan and around for years, closing schools, burning mosques, killing children, uprooting vineyards, with vine trees, grapes hanging on them, forcing populations to poverty and misery.
They came to America on September 11th, but they were attacking you before September 11th in other parts of the world. We are a witness in Afghanistan to what they are and how they can hurt. You are a witness in New York.
Do you forget people jumping off the 80th floor or 70th floor when the planes hit them? Can you imagine what it will be for a man or a woman to jump off that high? Who did that? And where are they now? And how do we fight them, how do we get rid of them, other than going after them? Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? That's why we need more action around the world, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, to get them defeated -- extremism, their allies, terrorists and the like.