U.S. soldiers in Iraq shrug at Bush's U.N. speech (Reuters)

[Nambe]

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. soldiers in Iraq shrugged their shoulders after listening to President George W. Bush's speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, saying he said nothing new and did not address their main concern: going home.

''I wasn't particularly impressed with anything he came up with,'' said Staff Sergeant Jason Dungan of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, based in deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. ---

''We've been out here for six months, and it looks like we're going to be here for another six months more,'' said one soldier as he ate dinner in a huge tented ''chow hall'' at a U.S. base in one of Saddam's former palaces in Tikrit.

"That's it. It's a done deal, so nothing he (Bush) says makes a blind bit of difference to us.'' ---

[Cha]

1. Well, I'm glad the Soldiers in Iraq can see right through bush's

speech even if the fu=king US media Can't!

[damnraddem]

3. Well, the soldiers can always support someone who will make ...

a 'blind' bit of difference to them.

[qanda]

2. When Bush* speaks the world shrugs!

eom

[izzie]

4. Was a good item on PB radio on the men in that town today.

I missed the last part but was interesing and not like the Bush and Co are saying at all.

[lebkuchen]

5. They would have heard *'s speech c/o FOX

The soldiers were likely cut off from Chirac's comments, blasting Bush for his preemptive unilateral bullcrap that got our troops into the quagmire in which they now find themselves.

[underpants]

6. The are so used to great leadership it no longer phases them

My God you would be too if you served under such strong and decisive leadership. The strength of the decisiveness of his leadership is unparalleled in this century. These soldiers have seen what great leadership is and they know it when they see it especially the strong and decisive kind.

[koopie57]

7. does anyone know what the last

five minutes of his speech meant or where it came from? That stuff about the sex trade?

[Bluerthanblue]

8. i felt like i could see right through THAT

one-

'Terra' is getting to be old news- 9-11 is wearing thin.
Sex sells- we need to keep the 'children' safe- He's climbing on the bandwagon trying to connect himself and 'safe childhoods' together-

The PR people who work for him, (or who HE works for) seem to think the American public is completely stupid- sadly, so far, they've proven that to be the case- but it has to stop somewhere-

Sex, Fear, God, Family, Freedom, Integrety- i don't believe there is anything that politicians, (PARTICULARLY the ones running this country) won't use to further their own agenda.-

Titilate the audience- and then tell them how 'good' you are.