So, "Stay The Course" Has Now Become "The Way Forward"

[Beetwasher]

That's Bush's plan. Switch One meaningless slogan for another meaningless slogan. How clever.

[gulfcoastliberal]

1. And don't forget the "most powerfuly staged photo-ops in the world"!

Who can forget that magnificent phrase?

[Crankie Avalon]

2. Believing the slogan makes it so...

...we'd have already "Mission Accomplished" this thing long ago if it wasn't for all you reality-based naysayers.

Two plus two adds up to whatever O'Brien and Big Brother say it does, Winston.

[Rosco T.]

3. Show your support :)

www.cafepress.com/democatic

[havocmom]

4. Part of the FAUX/bush/cheney junta efforts to stem KO's rise in ratings

by making his vast collection of "stay the course" videos useless :evilgrin:

[BOSSHOG]

5. It implies motion

the lemmings will be so impressed. Yes, who amongst us would want to follow that drug addicted moron anywhere. The way over a cliff is more like it, but the "conservatives" will make such a fuss over the new easily remembered talking point. No doubt, they are, as we speak, practicing and memorizing it. It just rolls of the tongues of the flag wavers.

[beltanefauve]

6. And don't forget:

"Complete the mission". "Stay the course", "Cut and run", "Tax and spend"... Any idiot can grasp a three-word phrase, especially if it has three syllables, too. Just keep repeating...

[stillcool]

7. "Let’s Stay in Iraq Until it's Peaceful....

...or We’re Sane, Whichever Comes First
By David Swanson
ZNet
June 7, 2006
Have you ever heard someone try to argue that the Iraq War was a mistake but that now the proper course is to continue the mistake a bit longer or to carefully end it in a long and complicated way that could take months or years? Have you ever wondered how such a position, if examined in detail, could possibly make any sense? Wonder no more. Such a position, in various forms, actually makes no sense. In fact, such a position requires a stunning degree of illogic.
1. The U.S. military has no right to be in Iraq in the first place. It turns out the Iraq war was not a mistake at all, and so the mistake cannot be continued even for an hour. The Iraq War was and is a crime.

2. The United States is not bringing democracy to Iraq. Spreading democracy had nothing to do with why this war was launched or why it is being continued. As Arnove writes, "The U.S. government opposes genuine democracy in the Middle East for a simple reason: if ordinary people controlled the region's energy resources, they might be put toward local economic development and social needs, rather than going to fuel the profits of Western oil companies." Does that sound outrageous or paranoid or "anti-American"? Read the historical context that Arnove provides, or check the evidence at www.afterdowningstreet.org, and then explain to me how you can see it any other way.

3. The United States is not making the world a safer place by occupying Iraq. In fact, this war has made the world much less safe. We've set a precedent for other nations to attack each other. We've driven other nations to invest in weaponry to try to hold off a U.S. attack. We've heightened anti-U.S. sentiment and significantly increased the incidents of terrorism each year.

4. The United States is not preventing civil war in Iraq. This is the same myth the British spread in 1920, when they didn't want to stop occupying Iraq. Our occupation, and the constitution we've imposed on Iraq, deliberately pit ethnic groups against each other in an effort to direct violence away from the occupiers. Still, the bulk of the violence is directed at the occupying army and its collaborators. And it is getting worse, not better.

5. The United States is not confronting terrorism by staying in Iraq. Al Qaeda arrived in Iraq AFTER the invasion.

6. The United States is not honoring those who died by continuing the conflict. That thinking is a recipe for compounding the tragedy without end.

7. The United States is not rebuilding Iraq. Halliburton and Bechtel are looting, not repairing. It is a racist and imperialist frame of mind that allows us to imagine that Iraqis could not best rebuild their own country. We owe them financial support in that effort. At present we are draining their resources, not adding to them.

8. The United States is not fulfilling its obligation to the Iraqi people for the harm and suffering it has caused. We are making things ever worse for the Iraqi people. Our first obligation is to stop harming them. We should then pay reparations.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/withdraw/2006/0607stay.htm

[Kadie]

8. 'Stay the Course' , 'The Way Forward', and now 'Bush looks to reverse course of Iraq war'

Let's put it in reverse!

Bush looks to reverse course of Iraq war
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer
55 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday opened intensive consultations on Iraq, aiming to reverse the course of the nearly 4-year-old war and energize his final two years in office.

Bush went to the State Department to review diplomatic and political options — the latest in a series of consultations that dominate his agenda.

Later, in the Oval Office, he was to seek advice from a handful of experts, including Stephen Biddle of the Council of Foreign Relations, Eliot Cohen of the School of Advanced International Studies and three retired Army generals: Wayne Downing, Jack Keane and Barry McCaffrey.

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061211/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq_2

[subterranean]

10. These "experts" helped get us into this mess

Cohen and McCaffrey are both signatories of the PNAC. Downing is a former lobbyist for the Iraqi National Congress, led by Ahmed Chalabi. I have no doubt that this new team of "experts" will give Bush "advice" that is more to his liking.

[TahitiNut]

9. "Progress"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Always with these three-word mantras that can fit on a campaign sign

Plan For Victory
Strengthening Social Security
Foundation For Growth
Axis Of Evil
Shock And Awe
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Turning The Corner
Stay The Course
New Way Forward