Hey, how's that gag reflex? That is some very smarmy shit Bush just said. I know the bile raised up in MY throat!
Tell me if you believe this: all this "cheering throng under a blistering late-morning sun" applauded cheered and yelled their support for this sociopath when he told them they would be RETURNING and STAYING in Iraq.....INDEFINATELY.... to be blown apart by roadside bombs made with the explosives that came from UNGUARDED AMMO DUMPS of Saddam's army because Sparky didn;t send enough troops to SECURE them.... to watch their friends die for nothing... for the forth and fifth TOUR OF DUTY in 115 degree Iraq.... AND THEY APPLAUDED?????...as in YES! SEND US BACK YET AGAIN WITH NO END IN SIGHT AND NO IDEA WHO THE ENEMY IS! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!!! AND PLEASE LET US STAY FOR THE INDEFINATE FUTURE!!! OR...do you think it MIGHT have been a 4th of July staged photo op???? Come on. I would expect in his next speech, the applauds would be punctuated with a good old fashion Vietnam style FRAGGING. Addressing Soldiers, Bush Denounces Early Pullout in Iraq [http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/07/04/us/bush.600.jpg] Paul J. Richards/AFP-Getty Images President Bush, speaking in Fort Bragg, N.C., warned against an early withdrawal from Iraq. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/sheryl_gay\ _stolberg/index.html?inline=nyt-per> Published: July 5, 2006 FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 4 In a rousing Independence Day speech to hundreds of soldiers and their families, President Bush warned on Tuesday that setting an artificial timetable for withdrawal of Iraq <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritorie\ s/iraq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo> would be "a terrible mistake" and took the rare step of mentioning the precise number of war dead. "I'm going to make you this promise," Mr. Bush told a cheering throng under a blistering late-morning sun. "I'm not going to allow the sacrifice of 2,527 troops who have died in Iraq to be in vain by pulling out before the job is done." Speaking against the backdrop of a 15-foot-high bronze statue of a paratrooper nicknamed Iron Mike, the president brought approving yells from the crowd when he reminded it that special-operations forces from Fort Bragg were the first to arrive on the scene after the bombing that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/z/abu_musab_\ al_zarqawi/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , the Qaeda leader in Iraq. "They administered compassionate medical care to a man who showed no compassion to his victims," the president said. "And when this brutal terrorist took his final breath, one of the last things he saw was the face of an American soldier from Fort Bragg, N.C." Earlier, Mr. Bush met members of the special-operations command, including an Army pilot who was present at the capture of Saddam Hussein <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/saddam_hus\ sein/index.html?inline=nyt-per> outside Tikrit and then flew Mr. Hussein by helicopter from there to a base in Baghdad. The president looked surprised when the pilot, whose name was not released by the base, gave his account. "Did you really?" Mr. Bush asked. "Good job." After the brief trip here, Mr. Bush left to return to the White House for the Fourth of July celebration, which this year will double as a birthday party for the president, who turns 60 on Thursday. [Aides had kept details of the party under wraps all week, but on Tuesday night they said that Mr. Bush, wearing a red and white Hawaiian shirt and casual slacks, celebrated in an East Room dinner with friends, family and staff members and dined on fried chicken, Cajun shrimp, biscuits, salads and a three-tier chocolate cake.] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
