OMG! *Bush takes questions at the Naval War College and shows he's Clearly INSANE!

[Up2Late]

I was doing a Google search for more crazy Bush remarks from today other than the spotty coverage that he got from the so-called MSM, and other than this gem:

Bush Cites Israel As Model for Iraq
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6744259,00.html>

I found a FULL TEXT of his speech today at the link below, I'm almost 100% sure that this qualifies under the "Fair-use" provision for several reasons like:

A) It's a PR/Press Release...

B) "the president" is a public figure and...

C) This was a "news" event and...

D) This is commentary and/or criticism

So I think that means we can legally quote more than 4 paragraphs, which is good, because you really have to see this unedited to appreciate how insane he is. I'm skipping the bogus propaganda speech and going right to the first question: <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-28-2007/0004617850&EDATE=>

SOURCE White House Press Office

Note: The typos and misspellings are in the original copy from the White House Press Office.

<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-28-2007/0004617850&EDATE=>
Remarks by President Bush to the Naval War College

WASHINGTON, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a
transcript of remarks by President Bush to the Naval War College:
Connelly Hall
Newport, Rhode Island

11:22 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm
welcome. Thanks, Governor; appreciate you -- go find a nice seat....

(edit)

...Thanks for letting me come today. God bless your work, and God bless
our country. (Applause.)

Thank you all. Be seated. I've enjoyed my stay so much, I thought I
might answer some questions -- (laughter) -- if you've got any,
particularly from the students who might be curious. Yes, sir. You're the
guy. Are you the mic man, or are you the questioner? Well, you're the
questioner. Mic man, okay. Yes, sir.

Q Mr. President, it was my great privilege to be a representative of
the Royal Navy here at the Naval Command College class of 1994. It's a huge
privilege, clearly, to be here today, as well. We support and admire your
country's commitment and sacrifice in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the
world in the war on terror. But it strikes me that what you described today
is very much a land-orientated campaign. What, if any, impact is that land
campaign focus likely to have on your propensity to invest in a maritime
strategy in the future, please?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, thanks. Yes. (Laughter.) Now who exactly invited
you here? (Laughter.) Thank you, sir. Never mind, just kidding. (Laughter.)
It is a land-based campaign, because that's where the enemy is. They hide
in caves, and they hide in remote regions, and they try to destabilize
countries. They try to create chaos. You've got to understand, chaos is the
friend of these radicals. The more chaos there is, the more likely it is
they'll be able to find a place to roost.

I know some people in our country just have trouble believing that they
want to strike us again, but they do. That's what I live with every day.
That's what Presidents do, they think about the threats, and they deal with
them. And my attitude has been, let's keep the pressure on them. And the
nation is going to have to do that. We're going to have to continually
press. This means good intelligence, good special ops, working with allies
like Great Britain-- who have been a fantastic country to work with, by the
way, just got to pressure them. It's hard to plan and plot when you're on
the move. And it takes a lot of work. It takes a lot of diplomacy, it takes
a lot of military action, it takes a lot of good intel, and it's going to
take a lot of determination by the United States.

In the meantime, we're going through a transformation of our forces.
And one of the most transformative branches has been the Navy. It's amazing
how the Navy has been able to accomplish more with less. Perhaps that's
what you've been able to -- that's less manpower, more mission, better use
of equipment, the capacity to manage manpower better. No question we're
increasing our army and Marines, which some claim is part of the Navy --
(laughter) -- he doesn't claim it, yes. (Laughter.) Well, we're not going
there.

But our Navy is modern, and we'll keep it that way. The main thing for
militaries, as we head into the 21st century, is constantly adjust to meet
threat. And we've got a lot of money in our budget, and I hope that this
new Congress keeps it that way for the Navy, as well as the rest of the
military. It's really important. And it's important we continue to
transform and become more interoperable. And that's really the challenge I
presume you're studying this year at the university. Part of the strategic
thought for our military is interoperability. And we're becoming much
better at it -- at least that's what the commanders tell me. And that's
important.

By the way, named a Navy man today, sent his name up to the Senate for
confirmation as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen; and Vice
Chairman is going to be a Marine named "Hoss" Cartwright. :crazy: They understand
the need to continue to wage this war, and also to transform our military
to meet the threats of the 21st century. And we're doing it.

One of the major transformative events we have done is we have begun to
reposition our troops in Europe. The Cold War is over, it ended. And
therefore the troop posture doesn't need to be the way it has been
throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s. That's transformative. That also frees
up money for capital investment, as well as different places where -- let
me just say, the capacity to base out of home is going to save us a lot of
money and save you a lot of wear and tear.

The volunteer army only works well if we take care of the wives and
husbands; the spouses. (Applause.) And one way to do that is to reposition
our forces to meet the threats of the 21st century. Well, it turns out, in
many times -- it means they have to be based here, and be then in a
capacity to move quickly to deal with the threats.

Anyway, thanks, good question. Great Britain has been a great ally. I
said goodbye to my friend, Tony Blair, yesterday. I said hello to the new
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. And there's no doubt in my mind we'll
continue to have a good, close working relationship for the sake of peace;
for doing the hard work necessary to make this world a peaceful place.

Surely there's more questions than that. (Laughter.)

Yes, ma'am.
Q Mr. President, I just returned from a week at the United States Army
War College in Pennsylvania on national security. I walked away with so
much more pride in our military. I would follow them anywhere. My question
is: At the beginning of your speech -- that you said that you consult with
the military. With all due respect, sir, how much do you really listen and
follow them?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, a lot. I don't see how you can be the
Commander-in-Chief of a well motivated military without listening carefully to the
advice of your commanders. I talk to General Petraeus all the time. I say
"all the time" -- weekly; that's all the time -- (laughter) -- on secure
video from Baghdad. There's a lot of discussions about troop positioning;
what will our footprint look like.

My answer is, it depends on what David Petraeus says :grr:. David Petraeus is
the commander on the ground and he'll have the full support. And that's the
way I do business. It's the way it's been throughout the -- you know, I
told you that, and rightly so, that -- look, I had a decision to make: more
troops to secure Baghdad and Anbar, or pull back and hope for the best? I
made a decision to put more troops in. That was in close consultation with
the Pentagon and in particular with the -- you know, the folks who have
been charged with operations in Baghdad. And that's what you expect from
the Commander in Chief.

We do have a chain of command. It goes from me to Gates to "Fox" Fallon
to Petraeus. But a lot of times -- and we're all on the SVTS together --
the secure video together to talk about matters and -- so that's the way we
do it, yes. Thanks for the question.

Yes, sir.
Q Thank you very much. Our family was touched by 9/11, and I want to
thank you very much for the support of the 9/11 families. Peter Dutton is
my name. I'm from the Naval War College faculty. I wanted to ask you about
your thoughts concerning strategic culmination. Are we --

THE PRESIDENT: Strategic --

Q Strategic culmination. In other words, are we getting to the point
where we're unable to continue to affect world events in other areas other
than the Middle East because of our huge commitment there to the Middle
East?

THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate that. Obviously, we're constantly
balancing -- the first mission is, succeed in Iraq; let me just put it to
you that way. And -- yes, I think we are. I think we're capable of dealing
with more than one event at a time; witness the fact that we've got a lot
of troops in Afghanistan. Fortunately, we've got a lot of NATO allies with
us in Afghanistan. One of the things that I don't think a lot of people
have really figured out is how successful we've been about putting -- about
our ability to put coalitions together. There are a lot of troops in Iraq
other than our own, and there's a lot of troops in Afghanistan other than
our own.

The other hot spots, of course, would be the Far East. We've got a
significant military presence there. We hope and pray that diplomacy works
-- I think it will -- in dealing with the North Korean issue. But we got --
we're amply suited to deal with a lot of different theaters. But we're
constantly watching; that's the job of the Joint Chiefs. Their job is to
constantly monitor threats, positioning of troops, capabilities; and they
bring them to my attention.

And I think people recognize that obviously -- you know, our military
is undergoing through a lot of hard work and pressure. But according to
them, they feel pretty good about it. And if they feel good about it, so do
I.
Yes, sir....

(It keeps going like that for a few more questions, but I think you get the general idea.)

(more at this link) <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-28-2007/0004617850&EDATE=>

[izzie]

1. that is just painful to read. I have to have a paper bag over my head.

MY God where did they find this guy to run for our President? It is so scary. They let him out of his pen.

[blogslut]

2. Somewhere during that speech, reports claim he teared up

Resulting in this photo:



I can't figure out what, in this blabbering and softball questioning, got him misty-eyed.

[MetaTrope]

3. Thinking about the hip-flask that he still won't be able to pull out for hours?

:beer:

[Up2Late]

4. Look at how Red his eyes are! Maybe it was just allergies or...

...may be he just wanted to quite and go home crying, because he was not having fun anymore?:shrug:

MOM! Maaaaamma! Even my Solders are being mean to me now! Make 'em Stop! :cry:

[Clark2008]

40. Or maybe he was hung over. eom

[cui bono]

5. I think his brain is hurting from having to try to think. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

34. "Can't I stop going through the motions now? I mean, who the hell cares?" nt

[Up2Late]

50. Exactly.

I think this is the longest he's ever stayed at one job. I wonder how long his vacation will be this year?

[TalkingDog]

6. That's him straining to keep his eyeballs from popping out.

Too much pressure on his brain.

Can't be tears. You need to be able to feel to produce actual tears.

[bdamomma]

33. maybe is he snorting a onion!!

[Kurovski]

39. It would appear that he became teary-eyed from the terrible strain of attempted lucidity.

[K8-EEE]

48. OMG....so wasted!

He's SO drinking again.

[Lasher]

7. He's a narcist

Liked the artful use of the smilies in your OP.

Lasher

[Up2Late]

52. Thanks, I find that sometimes they serve multiple roles...

They can serve as commentary, or as a sort of bullet point or flag to help make a toilet load of incoherent B.S. much less difficult to physically read, and it helps avoid the over use of BOLD and Underline type too.

Plus there is the "little dose of humor" aspect, which keeps me laughing instead of crying over embarrassing crap like this.

[Lasher]

59. IMO you achieved these goals, including the dose of humor thing.

I might copy your style sometime.

[canetoad]

8. Scary

'I know some people in our country just have trouble believing that they
want to strike us again, but they do.'

Prove it George. No, wait, don't.

[bdamomma]

26. who is the "they" your goons george?????

I absolutely despise this man, get out of RI will you!!!!

[radfringe]

9. uhhh-ohhh, sounds like some people in the audience

didn't pay attention to the "approved questions" list...

bwaaa-haaa-haaa

[NJCher]

10. can't answer a question

Doesn't even understand the terminology.

What a pathetic individual. Such a nothing of a person.

It saddens me greatly that so many young people who could have had wonderful futures have died because of this nothing.



Cher

[symbolman]

13. Yep

I love listening to him when he gets all VAGUE while he tries to sound important.. No Idea WHAT the hell he's doing, the terminology is WAY over his head.. like a 3rd grader, I swear.

"Yes, as the Commander in Chief (Hey, LOOK I said the whole big WORD), I have to use those things that go around and round on vehicles so they can get to the Victory we need to Succeed."

"They are called 'TIRES' Sir.."

"Shut up Shortie, or I'll have you Impaled on the THING.. the Really Sharp thing, it's got metal all over it.."


I'll bet this guy couldn't even ASSEMBLE a fucking model car or plane, any takers? :)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. "They are called 'TIRES' Sir.."

:)

[tblue37]

49. And yet he STILL condescends to the brilliant people there.

He says, "You've got to understand," as if he owns the wisdom of the ages and is trying to explain it to first-graders.

Also, if chaos is our enemies' friend, then you just provided a hell of a social circle for them by creating chaos in Iraq, you dim bulb!

[ClintonTyree]

11. I love this little gem....

"They try to create chaos. You've got to understand, chaos is the
friend of these radicals. The more chaos there is, the more likely it is
they'll be able to find a place to roost".

And you've done more to help them in their goal of creating chaos than all other factors combined, haven't you, Georgie? :eyes: Clearly Bush doesn't have the slightest clue about the root causes and the correct actions to quell terrorism. He's convinced that bombs are the only solution to any foreign dispute.

571 more days. 571 more days to put up with this madman.

[leftchick]

15. there goes his projection again

he does that all of the time. He projects the horrors the US is doing in the ME on the "terrorists". It works well with the fox crowd.

[PA Democrat]

18. Don't you just LOVE it when Bush admonishes us, "You've got to understand..."

Oh, WE understand plenty, Georgie, most especially how unfit you are for the job.

[Kurovski]

41. Perhaps he means chaos is friend to Halliburton and Blackwater?

It's difficult to decipher what Weepy McBraindead is trying to say.

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. He loves to talk down to people with his "You gotta unnerstands". As for 571 days, I think we may

never be rid of him or Cheney, or at least not until they pass away.

[cboy4]

12. Of course, he didn't have to take any questions at the Naval

War College for us to already know that.

[mwb970]

14. I am so ashamed of my government.

And of my fellow "Americans", for allowing these thugs to take over and then for doing nothing at all about it even after their endless crimes have been revealed and throughly discussed. Apparently the citizenry is too busy with Paris Hilton to care about their own country. And the Congress is too frightened to impeach a group of obvious criminals. And so they go their merry way.

Pathetic.

[LaurenG]

16. This is really what struck me about this article

In the very first question he answers;


(Re:the enemy) ... and they try to destabilize
countries. They try to create chaos. You've got to understand, chaos is the friend of these radicals.

Without saying too much, just who is he talking about?

[bdamomma]

29. he is talking about his own thugs?

he is clearly a lunatic, and everyone is what? paralyzed? not to do anything about this jackass. sorry about my comments. I am clearly disappointed in how these thugs just hijacked our country.

[muffin1]

17. That moran is so frigging stupid

IT HURTS. Please, please make him go away.:argh:

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. Something struck me with the first answer....

It is a land-based campaign, because that's where the enemy is. They hide
in caves, and they hide in remote regions, and they try to destabilize
countries.

Yeah. It would be an air campaign if they were hiding in the clouds and a sea campaign if they were hiding in the water.

I need a drink and it's only quarter to nine

[soothsayer]

21. lol!

[formercia]

27. Looks like there won't be a cave anywhere in the World

that will be safe to hide in. Must be a bummer for the survivalists.

[truedelphi]

55. Heretic - being on the West Coast

I'm a bit late pouring you a cool tall one...

[leftchick]

22. I find it remarkable that he stil gets away with the 9/11/Iraq total horseshit!

AND NO ONE EVER, EVER POINTS OUT THIS FUCKING LIE!!!!

:argh:


<snip>

Let me begin with Anbar province. You can see here on the map, Anbar is
a largely Sunni province that accounts for nearly a third of Iraqi
territory. It's a big place. Anbar stretches from the outskirts of Baghdad
to Iraq's borders with Jordan and Syria. It was al Qaeda's chief base of
operations in Iraq. Remember, when I mention al Qaeda, they're the ones who
attacked the United States of America and killed nearly 3,000 people on
September the 11th, 2001. They're part of the enemy. They're extremists and
radicals who try to impose their view on the world.

According to a captured document -- in other words, according to
something that we captured from al Qaeda -- they had hoped to set up its --
a government in Anbar. And that would have brought them closer to their
stated objective of taking down Iraq's democracy, building a radical
Islamic empire, and having a safe haven from which to launch attacks on
Americans at home and abroad. This is what the enemy said. And I think it
is vital that the United States of America listen closely to

[Up2Late]

63. I'd love to see a video of the crowd while he said all that...

...to see if anyone was still buying his Horse Sh*t and to see how many eye-rolls the camera would catch. :eyes:

Sounds to me like he's still working off the 2003-2004 script.

[leftchick]

23. damn I need a shower after reading his lies

I mean he says this shit with a straight face????

<snip>

Within Baghdad, our military reports that despite an upward trend in
May, sectarian murders in the capital are now down substantially from what
they were in January. We are finding arms caches at more than three times
the rate a year ago. Although the enemy continues to carry out sensational
attacks, the number of car bombings and suicide attacks has been down in
May and June. And because U.S. and Iraqi forces are living among the people
they secure, many Iraqis are now coming forward with information on where
the terrorists are hiding.


On the ground, our forces can see the difference the surge is making.
General Petraeus recently described what he called "astonishing signs of
normalcy." He said that about Baghdad. He talks about professional soccer
leagues, and amusement parks, and vibrant markets. In the mixed Shia-Sunni
neighborhood of Rashid, our foot patrols discovered a wall with two Arabic
sentences spray-painted on them. It's just a small example. It certainly
didn't get any news, but it says, "Yes, yes to the new security plan. No
difference between Shia and Sunni."

[bdamomma]

24. get him out of our state please, disgusting stupid man.

[bdamomma]

25. I couldn't read it after reading this

That's what Presidents do, they think about the threats, and they deal with
them.

What a fucking a$$hole he is.

[kskiska]

28. We haven't heard much about the "evildoers" in quite a while

The ones he was going to smoke out. Bring 'em on!

[bdamomma]

30. what the fuck is this supposed to mean, what a dipshit he is.

"One of the major transformative events we have done is we have begun to
reposition our troops in Europe. The Cold War is over, it ended. And
therefore the troop posture doesn't need to be the way it has been
throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s. That's transformative. That also frees
up money for capital investment, as well as different places where -- let
me just say, the capacity to base out of home is going to save us a lot of
money and save you a lot of wear and tear".


:wtf:

[Marrak]

31. Someone, other than Cheney, needs to monitor Churchill Jr's...

intake of Military-grade "go/no-go" pills...I'm having trouble distinguishing whether he's on methamphetamines or horse tranquilizers...or both? :wtf: :nuke:

[Canuckistanian]

32. "It is a land-based campaign, because that's where the enemy is."

Why, those sneaky terrorists, hiding on land.

If they all lived in boats in the middle of the sea, it would be much easier for the Navy to get 'em.

[KoKo]

35. Thanks....! Yes....he sounds insane... 18 more months of him....

and his Puppet Master. :scared:

[Wednesdays]

37. We hope.

nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. How can those in the audience take that IDIOT seriously? How do they keep a straight face while

listening to his incoherent drivel? I'd be :rofl: He's so proud of himself, isn't he? Who taught him a new word?..interoperable :evilgrin: What a total Moran! :silly: :dunce: That was just too painful to read :hurts:

[Kurovski]

38. Oh sweet Lord Jesus. Won't someone get that boy to a sanitarium?

Then IMPEACH, INDICT, and IMPRISON his criminal ass once he's fit to stand trial.

[PATRICK]

42. Fatal error in set-up

He gets flustered right at the start by the questioner. This is the Naval War College and some intelligent presentation of the war was supposed to made- I dunno- to boost his own confidence? I am thinking that all throughout the rest of the exchange- which should have begun with a calm scripted lecture- he is thinking(like Nixon) I going to get the SOB's who didn't set up the questioners right. Sheer anger and frustration at a down-spiraling further miserable failure, added on to a whole bad week is what is causing him to rant lamely and tear up. A tank running on empty would be one thing, but the steering wheel is coming loose too.

The inability to even offer a single intelligent speech selling his war is getting to him and he probably can't even figure out why except to lunge for blame upon the people assigned to help him.

[truedelphi]

51. When my anger subsides, I feel some pity

I feel some pity for the guy -- What if he this poor dumb schmuck had been born to an average middle class family in Texas - he could have happily lived out his life chopping brush and enjoying the fresh air and having a beer with his buddies

And most of all I feel pity for us and the whole world

[DesertRat]

43. and always the inappropriate laughing

:crazy:

[Ganja Ninja]

44. Did we really need any more proof?

:shrug:

[ananda]

45. Small mind, smaller than life..

.. but a great bringer of psychosis, death and destruction.

[TriSec]

47. Incoherent

Jeebus, small wonder the rest of the world is laughing at us.

My six year old son could have made the same statement:

"It is a land-based campaign because that's where the bad mens are and we have to kick their butts."

[Sequoia]

53. That's what Presidents do, they think about the threats

I don't see how you can be the Commander-in-Chief of a well motivated military without listening carefully to the advice of your commanders.

Good post mate!

[entanglement]

54. Quote: "The cold war is over. It ended."

Learn something new everyday :crazy: :dunce:

[truedelphi]

56. Did he really say

I "sent his name up to the Senate for confirmation as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen; and Vice Chairman is going to be a Marine named "Hoss" Cartwright"

or is he just basing his warplans on his love of Bonanza re-runs??

[Up2Late]

61. It's just impossible to know, but what I'm wondering is...

...did "Hoss" Cartright have that nickname BEFORE Bush found his name on some list somewhere, or did Bush give him that nickname after meeting him?

Regardless, I bet it was one of the major factors of him getting the referral from Bush.:banghead:

[ComerPerro]

57. Jerry! You're clearly insane!

[Up2Late]

58. LOL! YES JERRY!

For those what have no clue what we are talking about Jerry! here's a link: <http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/two/sizbank.html>

[ComerPerro]

62. As you can see, we are two very clearly not insane people

[piesRsquare]

60. I thought South Korea was supposed to be the model for Iraq?

:shrug: