The president was great tonight. His tone was calm. He was deliberate with his words. And he let our enemies know that we are coming after them. Defeat is not an option.
He also let the Iraqis know that they better step up too.
I note on Yahoo New front page that their headline says something about Bush takes blame in Iraq. I suspect that will be the media line, reinforcing their template for the story that "it's another Vietnam" by using the President's words against him.
Yep. The left just can not stand the thought of an American victory. Dick Durbin reminded us of this when he gave the "Democrat response" to the president's speech tonight--LOL, of all people.
Thanks for your reply Jonny. Re the above, that really is the heart of the matter. Building a country is not just about voting and holding up purple fingers. It's about demanding order in the streets, turning in the bad guys, police that put loyalty to the country ahead of their clerics, and so on. If the Iraqis won't fight for their own country, nothing we do will ever matter short of declaring and rigidly enforcing martial law and staying for a generation.
If President Bush made any "mistakes," it was in expecting the elected Iraqi government to take hold of its own country and maybe waiting a little too long for them to do so.
As for Durbin, the man is symbolic of the total disgrace the Democrat Party has become. This morning, AmeriBrit resurrected a thread I wrote and posted on 7/19/03 listing in detail what the Dems (and some Republicans) were saying about Iraq in support of Clinton's policies back in 1998.
The hypocrisy on Capitol Hill these days is so thick I'm surprised anyone can breathe for the sulphuric fumes.