Bush Marks First Anniversary of Iraq War (speech 11 AM Eastern)

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040319/ap_on_el_pr/bush

WASHINGTON - One year after ordering the first military strikes against Iraq (news - web sites), President Bush (news - web sites) marks the anniversary with a fresh defense of his actions for a voting public that remains split over his decision and international allies who are growing weary of continued postwar violence in that country.

The president was offering a favorable progress report and issuing a call for support in a "time of testing."

In a gesture of unity despite Spain's threatened defection from Bush's "coalition of the willing," dozens of ambassadors from countries closely aligned with the United States were attending Bush's speech.

Bush's effort was dealt another blow Thursday when Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski (in DC today), another key U.S. ally, said his country was "misled" about whether Saddam's regime had weapons of mass destruction and said he may withdraw his country's 2,400 troops early from Iraq.

The National Annenberg Election Survey this month found Americans divided on whether they approve of the way Bush is handling Iraq, with 47 percent saying "yes" and 49 percent saying "no." The survey also found they were split on whether the Iraq situation merited going to war.

As of Thursday, 568 U.S. service members had died in Iraq since military operations began on March, 19, 2003, with most of those killed during combat. More than three-fourths of the dead, or 430, were killed after May 1, when Bush flew to the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln and declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq.

Watch it here.
http://www.c-span.org/

[liberalnurse]

1. He apparently need more time to

take over our democracy and make it a fascist dictatorship.

[bluedog]

2. Why?

Why is the United States celebrating the "shock and Awe" deaths of so many people? I think this is totally UN-American.to make the anniversary of our invading a country....under the total LIES of this * administration......

Wonder id the Iraqi boy with no arms or legs is celebrating with his fake limbs..the soldiers who are maimed for life.the families of the dead?

This is sick.just plain sick!!!!

[underpants]

3. Ever forward never show weakness or doubt

I would suspect that any President in this situation (have there been any?) would do the same especially in an election year. This crowd plays everything like it is a win--sell sell sell that "stock".

[Malva Zebrina]

34. It is very sick--we are on the path of war, war, as a great undertaking

under a great "war president" and it is totally sickening to me.

ten thousand people are a lot of people to kill in that short period of time and apparently it was done indiscriminately like a bull in a china shop knocking off Steuben glass figurines off the shelves. Indeed, we are even told it was "worth it"

I grieve for those lives every day as well as for our troops who were needlessly sent on this mission to get the oil for Bush's buddies. But they are, after all, fighting troops and casualties are expected there--although I do not sacntion using them as pawns, but-these Iraqi people were children, babies, pregnant women, old men and just plain ordinary people who did not have a choice as to where they would be born . They were killed by our bombs, in their homes and in their bed as they slept.

And it was all done by lies. Lies told in order to kill these innocent people.

No one seems to care about this slaughter. It is seldom mentioned.

[papau]

4. Gee - I read that as "Bush Mocks First Anniversary of Iraq War" - guess

I was expecting honest journalism.

Well, back to my nap.

[peekaloo]

5. 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11,9-11

cold blooded killaz
on the run
shadowy network
caves and mountains
hate us for our freedoms
stay the course
frontline of war on terra
don't listen to the negative nellies
democracy
ummmm
uhhhh

no questions, it's time for lunch

[bif]

6. Are he and Poppy breaking out the champagne tonight?

I'll bet there will be a major party tonight. And I'll be Georgie looks like shit tomorrow.

[underpants]

9. On now

"The civilized world is at war........and sometimes civilians are the target (something like that).

[Mari333]

7. I would rather have hot coals shoved up my ass and poke myself

in the eyes with sharp sticks, then watch that asshole on TV. Send his sorry ass over to Baghdad and let him take the place of my stepson, if he is so intent on lying even more about this bloodbath..
fuck Bush fuck his whole family fuck everyone in the Bush administration and its long overdue they resign and are dragged out of DC in chains and tarred and feathered..all of them tyrants all of them traitors, all of them..
I wont be watching that son of a bitch stand there and lie.
He can blow me, he can kiss my ass...traitor, coward , miscreant piece of shit.
http://www.mfso.org

[RebelOne]

8. Great rant. I couldn't have said it better.

[Jaybird]

12. i agree mari....

i was just thinking the same thing about that prick....i hope your son

comes back safe, and soon.

[Teddy_Salad]

14. Great post, Mari

....you read my mind.

[Suziq]

20. I So Totally . . .

agree with you, Mari. My husband cannot understand that I cannot watch this smirking asshole spew more lies. :grr:

[chelaque liberal]

30. Please don't hold back. Tells us how you really feel!

I'm with you 100%

[llmart]

31. You took the words right out of my mouth!

I can't believe how much I've used the F word out loud when he comes on TV. His whole family disgusts me.

[saigon68]

35. Outstanding Rant !!!! I'm impressed, truly a "Shock and Awe" Rant

Tell me Mari---what else don't you like about the Clueless Sock Puppet A/K/A CHIMPANZEE McSHRUB

:-) :-) :-) (applauding)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. And the photo ops continue

CNN's report on this had another "flight suit" pic of Bush holding a child, apparently taken yesterday at his visit to the 101st Airborne:



...in which he bore an uncanny resemblance to the "Halloween III" DVD box:

[goclark]

13. Feel Sorry For The Baby

Baby is so adorable. There is no way I would put my baby in the hands of that terrorist!

[goclark]

11. I Can't Take The Smirk and Lies

Do you see all the flags behind him? Trying to make the average American, that has not read the papers and doesn't have a clue, beleve that all countries are with him.

Oh, Kerry, where are you? You can't get to the White House fast enough for me!

[underpants]

15. He sounds like he is reading off a list of every country in the world

Looooooong lists of those affected and those stood up in the "test of wills".

[Th1onein]

29. Hahaha! Did you noticed that, too?

He named them, endlessly, over and over again, as if he was trying to make a point that although Spain (and others) were probably withdrawing their troops, OTHER countries still supported this war. What an asshole!

Duh! Mr Bush: things have changed. YOU LIED, okay? DUH! Why do you think that everyone is changing their minds, and withdrawing troops, unless the UN sanctions the action?

All of the nations that are pulling out, or contemplating pulling out are saying, in effect: George W. Bush: YOU ARE A LIAR!

What part of that message does he not get?

[TahitiNut]

16. The Smirking Ghoul!

"Terror (smirk), terror (smirk), terror (smirk)." He's totally detestible. :puke:

[underpants]

17. My God is this boooooooooooooring

I mean watch butter melt boring.

[Malva Zebrina]

18. He's smirking and jogging--like a jock

every once in a while he does that little dance while smirking as he talks about terra, freedom terra freedom and tries to tell the American people he invaded with good cause, when it was all lies. This man is disgusting. Get him off the stage--He is a disgrace to this nation.

[roscoeroscoe]

21. the little expressions during the pauses~

i think it would be revealing to slo-mo the pauses between his sentences. little glimpses of the grinning nasty attitude hiding behind the mask.
reminds me of the demon girls in 'the devil's advocate.'

[Th1onein]

19. I saw the speech

What an idiot. It's really hard to watch this fake president talk.

[chelsea0011]

22. Where are the critical voices against this war on TV????

Besides political types, there are no critical voices to be heard at all about Iraq. Yet ex-general after ex-general talk ad naseum about how great things are going and what we have learned in iraq so the next time we decide to crush another country we can do it better.


Thousands killed and for what?

[underpants]

23. Criticism, alternative opinions will not be tolerated

A very good point. Aside from Kerry stating that this was done with poor planning and that they lied into it ( he doesn't actually say THAT) there is none.

[goclark]

25. Clark was just on CNN

The problem is they put Clark on one time and parade ten Bushcons out after that,,

[ChickMagic]

24. I've never seen the like

of a "president" patting himself on the back for such an awful campaign. My husband is calling the "coalition of the willing" the "coalition of the wilting".

[leftchick]

26. Gawd.... does he ever take a good pic? From the speech....

[diamond14]

27. nobody clapped during this crap....here's more from AP....

By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer

The audience listened in silence to his remarks but applauded at the end.



"There can be no separate peace with the terrorist enemy," Bush said. "Any sign of weakness or retreat simply validates terrorist violence and invites more violence for all nations."

"There is no neutral ground _ no neutral ground _ in the fight between civilization and terror, because there is no neutral ground between good and evil, freedom and slavery, and life and death," Bush said. "The war on terror is not a figure of speech," he said. "It is an inescapable calling of our generation."


"Many coalition countries have sacrificed in both Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. "Among the fallen soldiers and civilians are sons and daughters of Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom and the United States."

Bush's speech was given added impetus by rising criticism from Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. On Wednesday, Kerry accused Bush of stubbornly holding to policies that he said have driven away potential allies at the cost of lives and money, "with no end in sight."

[leftchick]

28. Eeewww... another photo...

complete with crocodile tears...

[Andrushka]

32. Ughhh

Someone better get me a bucket...

[newyawker99]

36. Hi Andrushka!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Malva Zebrina]

33. Oh for gawds sake--what is he crying about the big coward sissy

reminds me of the time tears came to his eyes when he hung an oil painting of himself in the White House.

He should be down on his knees, with tears in his eyes, begging the forgiveness of the American people for first of all stealing an election from them and for lying to them about attacking Iraq. He is a goddam liar and should be crying his eyes out in regret over the fact that 570 or so of our troops are dead becasue of his lies and ten thousand innocent civilians. Instead we get bragging about his greatness.

Headlines on Yahoo "Bush Hails Iraq War as Boost for Mideast Stability"

The liar--who the hell does he think he is analyzing the ME stability.

All day , I mean ALL DAY, there has been nothing but
Bush lauding Iraq, Bush tells the world to join his war on terror, Bush Iraq-- all day --all goddamm day on the Yahoo headlines. Without end and without a break.

Something better be done about this quick. Where is everybody? This propaganda cannot stand without someone saying he is lying and slathering the cake with sugar coated icing.