MSN (Australia): Bush to give "significant" Iraq speech on Thurs. 10/6

Bush cranks up message on dangers of Iraq withdrawal
Sunday Oct 2 10:00 AEST



http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=65511

President George W. Bush will this week attempt to rally Americans wavering on Iraq, as senior aides warn a quick exit for US troops could sow a deadly harvest of future terror attacks on US soil.

Officials say Bush will give a "significant" speech on Thursday, the latest shot in a volley of addresses on Iraq by top administration figures ahead of a referendum on Iraq's draft constitution on October 15. Faced with raging violence in Iraq, a US death toll fast approaching 2,000 troops and rising domestic angst over the course of the war, the Bush national security team is telling Americans that now is not the time to quit.

They compare post-Saddam Hussein Iraq to failed-state Afghanistan, an anarchic swamp where terrorism found a home, and Al-Qaeda plotted the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. Bush aides have argued for months it is better to fight the "terrorists" like Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Iraq, than on American streets after another devastating terror attack.

Critics, including last year's failed presidential candidate John Kerry, see the war in Iraq as a diversion from the real enemy -- Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden -- and dismiss the president's rationale as simplistic.

Why do I have to miss my favorite television program every time this little child wants to make a show and tell presentation to save his failing presidency?

:grr:

Survivor, The Apprentice, etc,etc

Bush ALWAYS tries to get on TV on Thursday nights, because the audience will be there. They will wait through his crap to see their shows. He gets a built in audience to spew his propaganda. He has nothing to say! If it's not breaking news, a President should be limited in his free TV exposure.

I don't care about any of the programs, I just think it's ridiculous that Bush gets to talk to a huge portion of the country whenever he wants in order to push his agenda. I know I won't be watching, but a number of people will. While they are waiting to hear "The Tribe has spoken" or "You're Fired" they will listen to the worst president in recent history spew his garbage...unopposed.

It figures Dubya would take it to a weekly thing.

You know, if he's going to keep doing this shit, the Dems ought to think about requesting a short rebuttal time. We won't need much: the truth is usually pretty short and simple and doesn't take a whole lot of time to say, as compared to the 20-30 minutes required to weave his web of lies.

I don't want to even think about how many times he will invoke 'Will' as the cure-all. Line up and have some more Kool-aid, Pubbie boys and girls....

But it should be amusing to see him try to explain how and why things have gotten to where they are in Iraq. Iran, Syria, and al-Zarqawi will figure prominently.

I think we're going to have some fun. He's raising expectations and fears again, which seems invariably to end badly.

May they burn in Hell forever, if so! Actually, may they burn in Hell anyway... And I don't even believe in Hell.

Once again, they address problems with a new P.R. campaign.

The only reason I continue to watch these things are for the entertainment value (black boxes under the coat, mis-buttoned shirts, invented words, etc.) and for the small (but ever-more-real) possibility that Bush will have a public outburst or breakdown due to all the pressure his administration is currently under. If he's drinking again, it isn't inconceivable.

Warmed up bullshit.

and the place is in civil war. So what's new?

Or maybe 10,000.

Or would the magic number be 31,276?

What number of American men & women do YOU find expendable?

FUCK YOU, bush, you lying scumbag Mfer.