Welcome back John--- In [email protected], "John Stroebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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_g ay\ > _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/countriesandterritor ie\ > 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_musa b_\ > 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_h us\ > 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] >
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
