G.W.B. has once again redefined "success" in Iraq.

Clarkie1

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:18 PM
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G.W.B. has once again redefined "success" in Iraq.

I don't get cable news, but I do watch the PBS newshour. When asked this evening what would define "success" in Iraq, G.W.B. replied:

"A government that can provide security for its people."

The words "democratic government" never occured in the interview.

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David Zephyr

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:20 PM
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1. Then Saddam met that description.

Oh well.

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shoopnyc

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:21 PM
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2. And dont forget about "the egg"

like "the pig" in germany!

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Clarkie1

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:28 PM
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5. He said something about the egg being cracked, not not broken.

Edited on Tue Jan-16-07 09:28 PM by Clarkie1

And since it's just cracked, we need the "surge."

Didn't make sense to me, either.

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Auntie Bush

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:21 PM
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3. Whaaaat? No Democracy!?

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Olney Blue

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:26 PM
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4. I have a present for the chimp.

BITE ME

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rubberducky

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:31 PM
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6. The imperial "We" struck me as

extrememly telling of how the idiot feels about "us". When he spoke of himself, he used the third person. He refered to himself as "the president". What`s with that???

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salin

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:50 PM
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7. okay - "spreading 'security' across the globe"

a) doesn't have the same 'ring' to his followers as the democracy line; and b) almost noone can begin to think that was is being spread in Iraq is "security".

Very stupid attempt to shift the conversation/rationalization - and it won't sell.

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zbdent

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Tue Jan-16-07 09:52 PM
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8. How do you redefine something you never defined in the first place?

All Bush ever said about "success" and "victory" was lofty platitudes, stuff that could easily be thrown in someone's face, yet mean nothing ...

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