LIVE THREAD: Bush's Speech on Iraq (8:00 P.M. EDT)

www.freerepublic.com | May 21, 2004

[Howlin]

Speech begins at 8:00 P.M. EDT; carried on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, and CSPAN.

[kristinn]

Yes he did. With his mention of the desire by the enemy to control "souls" he's wittingly or unwittingly put this in the context of a religious war.

[cyncooper]

No surprises but I was pleased when he noted some of the rebuilding and helping Iraqis get their country back up and running.

Here comes the panel on Fox.

[Catspaw]

I *KNEW* if you kids didn't stop messing around, you'd break something....and you broke Free Republic. Now go to your rooms!

[Rooivalk]

None of the broadcast stations/networks in D.C. are covering it. Not even PBS. Only cable. If you're on a budget or just can't afford cable, you're out of luck in this area.

The speech was carried live here on local channels in Los Angeles

[muleskinner]

"Bush has no plan, Bush has no plan! He has no plan...I've never heard of Bush having a plan for Iraq. What plan? Does he have one, really? Quagmire!"

sarcasm off

[kcvl]

WASHINGTON - Under pressure to spell out a clear strategy in Iraq, President Bush on Monday promised to give Iraqis "full sovereignty" on June 30 and offered to demolish the Iraqi prison at the heart of the prisoner-abuse scandal.

In remarks prepared for delivery Monday night, Bush said U.S. troops would remain in the country under U.S. command even after Iraqis take control of their domestic affairs next month. The White House released excerpts of his remarks as U.S. and British diplomats circulated a draft U.N. resolution that offered more details on the power shift in an effort to win the United Nations' blessing on the plan.

snip

"America's task in Iraq is not only to help Iraq defeat an enemy, it is to give strength to a friend - a free, representative government that serves its people and fights on its behalf," Bush said in remarks planned for the U.S. Army War College. "And the sooner this goal is achieved, the sooner our job will be done."

[Mo1]

Joe Biden is on MSNBC all doom and Gloom and pushing going thru NATO

[The Wizard]

Great....Great.....Great

[DocRock]

Solid statesmanship at work, all leftist and progressives, please step aside and let the real Americans get to work...

[Howlin]

Our local CBS station carried it, complete with their own announcers. We are the station for Ft. Bragg.

[Indy Pendance]

Same here. Local NBC had it, ABC and CBS didn't.

[Cold Heat]

My DSL is SBC.

Yah, me too!

[prairiebreeze]

Biden is disappointed because this is the first of several speeches to come over the next weeks. And Biden knows Bush is right.

Prairie

[hole_n_one]

Biden is "disappointed".

Senator Doll Hair has alot of questions.......but when it comes to answers, he just lip diddles.

[BurbankKarl]

KFI640 now has Dale Dye on with Ken for commentary

[Petronski]

Is he talking about Iraq or the Democrats?

YES.

[TxBec]

actually... I tripped over the power cord. Sowwy.

[OldFriend]

Without your live threads we'd all be in straight jackets.

We must never forget to thank JR for providing us a place to give aid and comfort to each other!!!

[Wolfstar]

W hit this out of the park!

Are you sure? Peggy Noonan and Bill Kristol haven't weighed in yet. ;-)

[Howlin]

I am NOT taking the blame for this.......no way!