AP: Bush Pans Criticism of Iraq War Policies (weekly radio address)

Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900309.html

Oh Georgie, didn't Uncle James warn you about cherry picking?

Just like his dignity and self respect - I think I saw them floating around in the toilet down the hall. :rofl:

n/t

IT'S OVER!! Everyone knows what he's gonna say and nobody cares. Events have moved beyond his control and he has become totally irrelevant. Others will determine our future course in Iraq and the chimp has become a political eunuch.

Lame duck jumps shark. Film at 11....

:eyes:

as a validation of what he has been saying all along. Now if anyone has doubts as to his attachment to reality after this I think they need to have their own connection to reality questioned.

He is "out there". No apparent connection to reality anymore. Very scary. I hope the people around him are keeping him on a short leash. Best case is that he will just live in his little deluded world and believe whatever he wants to without insisting on any more demonstrations of loyalty or power.

George has no political capital right now and in fact has become a liability to others. Who are currently putting as much distance between themselves and him as they can. During the election I could not believe that the one politician in Florida that Bush came down to rally for had gone to the other end of the state with John McCain. It was too good and I have never heard of a politician doing that to a president of his own party.

this guy speaks (Twilight Zone theme song, that is), it soon will be. I think it is getting hard to avoid admitting how out there he actually is.

What a total MFing asshole.

and discards the remainder, just as he did with the "intelligence" leading up to his war of aggression in Iraq. I wonder which parts of "My Pet Goat" he decided to believe and which parts were discarded? The man is certifiably insane. His selective reality scares the bejebus out of me. He's not mentally sound enough to govern, he must be removed from office. I'm hoping that his family intervenes again, as Poppy has done with his bungling, ham-fisted Iraq attack. They must be able to look through their vanity enough to see that Dubya's unhinged, it's as plain as day. Shouldn't they? :shrug: Of course this probably passes for normal behavior in the Bush crime family, they may dismiss it altogether. He shouldn't be within 500 miles of "the football" or anything else that could possibly cause harm to anyone else.
Put him in a rubber room and throw away the key before it's too late. Please.

Remember all of those headlines? Do a google search on "bush rejects" and "bush blasts".

time to scrape the old nasty grease from the Bush-pan under my broiler. :)

I don't know what it will take for Bush to realize that the war in Iraq cannot be won by an occupying force. No one wants us there- no the Sunnis or Shi'ites. Amongst, both a vast majority of Sunni's and a near majority of Shi'ites approve of the attacks against our soldiers. Bush lost the election; if he does nothing, GOP will get slammed worse in 2008. I was a little disappointed that the blogosphere didn't get behind the Iraq Study Group report, and actually received a fair amount of criticism from the Left (or dismissal). We should trumpet the report not as a vindication of our criticisms, but as a sign that the best minds across the political aisles, have come to the same conclusion that the American people have made- which is that we must re-prioritize on training Iraqis and leave when that task is done. We cannot make it our mission to kill every terrorist or even end fighting between Sunnis and Shi'ites.

In a few weeks, if Bush refuses the chief suggestion of the Report, leaving by 1Q 2008, then we might find enough Republican Senators to consider impeachment proceedings. At least the threat of it, given Bush's obsession with his legacy, might cause him to finally consider change.

WASHINGTON -
President Bush spoke Saturday about parts of the
Iraq Study Group report that mirror his policies — but he ignored the sections that criticize his administration's handling of the war.

In his weekly radio broadcast, Bush said the bipartisan group's report presented a straightforward picture of the "grave situation we face in Iraq." He said he was pleased the panel supported his goal of an Iraq that can govern, sustain and defend itself, even though that will take time. And he said he was glad the bipartisan panel did not suggest a hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

"The group declared that such a withdrawal would `almost certainly produce greater sectarian violence' and lead to `a significant power vacuum, greater human suffering, regional destabilization and a threat to the global economy,'" Bush said, quoting the report, which was issued Thursday.

"The report went on to say, `If we leave and Iraq descends into chaos, the long-range consequences could eventually require the United States to return,'" Bush noted.>snip

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

Our delusional president reigns on .....

And now what? He's shown he won't change course. All the careful people inside the beltway were counting on the wise old me to straighten this lunatic out. That hasn't happened. Again - so now what?

and the NY Post referred to Baker and Hamilton as the "surrender monkeys." Like Hitler and Goebbels before them, Bush and the rightwing media will lead our nation into a ruinous defeat in the Middle East, similar to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Congress could remove Bush and Cheney, but they won't. Let this Greek tragedy play out, and let this empire collapse. It is not worth saving! They cheered Bush's armies when they marched into Iraq, just as the Germans cheered theirs when they went into Poland. Only a collapse like the one experienced by the Third Reich, followed by a Nuremberg style war crimes tribunal, can cleanse this nation from the innocent blood that has been shed.

The People pay with blood and treasure....history confirms this....

Bush and the GOP have made America WEAK and Untrustworthy.....They should be BANNED for life...never to return to Power...They have shown their colors...and it ain't with the People....

because they preferred the "security" promised by Bush with the support of his allies in Congress.

This is not going to end pretty, or even end quickly like Vietnam.

The GOP have invested so much in this guy they now risk their own necks/asses.

Some, like the Smith dude, wanna distance themselves...err...sorry, too little too late....they gatta go too....misuse of power and privileges... The GOP cannot be trusted,...period...They suck big time....

Only a collapse like the one experienced by the Third Reich, followed by a Nuremberg style war crimes tribunal, can cleanse this nation from the innocent blood that has been shed."

That all seems a wee bit unfair and hyperbolic especially considering the fact that we aren't the ones shedding the blood of a hundred + Iraqi civillians a day. Our high national profile makes us a convenient target for pointing fingers. You see, it's easy to point fingers at people who wear uniforms with flags but not so easy with those who wear street clothes and ski masks and hide and fight from the shadows.

What the hell is it, now...heaven on earth??

Pissypants has to go.

Our soldiers are dying because this dipshit won't admit that he was wrong.

Neo-Cons vs. Kissingerian Realists.

Now all he can raise his feeble head to do is ignore.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6165111.stm

Bush sees US consensus over Iraq
US President George W Bush has said he is confident Americans can move beyond political differences and agree a new direction for Iraq leading to victory.

In his weekly radio address, he again praised the report by the Iraq Study Group calling for a change of strategy.

But he made clear he would take no major decisions based upon it alone.

.............

'Come together'

Mr Bush said the future of the region and of the American people depended on "victory in Iraq". ......

concensus yes, get the fuck out of Iraq...

Is this clear enough for ya?

not looking good. There is just going to be no way around removing him from office if we want to protect ourselves.

to your "leadership"!

Has Bush ever defined "Victory"? Isn't that important?

If "victory" means killing every terrorist in Iraq, Bush is truly on crack.

If "victory" means getting Shi'ites and Sunnis to stop fighting, then Bush is ignorant of their history.

If "victory" means stability then I think Bush doesn't realize that our presence there is contributing to instability by incentiving terrorists to flood the region (to live their dream of attacking the Great Satan). No occupying force can bring stability when they are much of the reason for insurgency.

Mr. President, please define victory. So that we can understand what you mean, and determine if its even an achievable goal.

as long as the enemy wants us to leave, then we must stay. Victory will therefore be achieved when "they" want us to stay. At that point we can leave.

EOM

Define "victory" as the best possible outcome: Representative Democracy in Iraq, no insurgent attacks, the beginning of a new era in the Middle East, etc. Basically all the crap they said would happen.

Now given that definition (the best situation imaginable), yes, I believe that most Americans - if not all - agree that that would be just wonderful.

But that definition is disingenuous because it is almost circular. It's close to asking if all Americans agree that we should work to increase the level of good and decrease the level of bad in the world.

I'm Pro-Good but before the government decides to implement a "Good-Promoting" policy, it has to define "Good" a little more precisely.

Or we will always be at war until the country is totally bankrupt and maimed.

Big Energy, and Carlysle/Halliburton.

We have a winner!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ = Victory.

solely because he wanted to go down in history as a war pResident.

There's gotta be some legal way we can get rid of that goddam fool...he's flat out nuts.

It will dawn on even him that this war is over, and he is left with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity foaming at the mouth - and that's about it. Let's hope he doesn't lash out at other nations (nukes?) or attempt martial law when he flips out about it. He's finished, but doesn't know it.

.... before talking to you.

It is over dude .... just a matter of time before you are forced to
take out the troops form Iraq.

Only ? is how many have to die for your lie?

There is no reasoning, no arguing, no gainsaying anyone that out to lunch.

lol

Solid grounds for impeachment.

Love to see those drug-sniffing dogs loosed at the White House.

Of course, the consensus is, that it's the Mother Of All Fuck-Ups. The Decider seems certifiable.

to impeachment. Short of the Democrats refusing to fund the war, which I don't believe they'll do, the only way to get out of this unholy mess is to remove Bush from office, and Cheney, too. They are destroying our country, along with Iraq and Afghanistan.

I don't really understand anymore why young people join the military. I realize that some have limited job opportunities, and that's probably part of it, but sheesh, they gamble their lives and limbs when they enlist, and the government screws them when they become veterans.

We (the citizenry) don't command the Pentagon, Bush does! So, Bush, the ball's in your court!