posted on November 11, 2005 01:19:43 PM
From the Drudge Report.com - today
GIVE 'EM HELL, Mr. PresidentIt's about time you make them face the reality of the situation....and their continuing lies for political gain...lies that put this Nation at risk.
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Bush Forcefully Attacks Iraq Critics
Nov 11 1:33 PM US/Eastern
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer
TOBYHANNA, Pa.
President Bush forcefully attacked critics of the war in Iraq on Friday, accusing them of trying to rewrite history and saying they are undercutting American forces on the front lines.
"The stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges," the president said in his combative Veterans Day speech.
Defending the march to war, Bush said that foreign intelligence services and Democrats and Republicans alike were convinced at the time that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
"Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and mislead the American people about why we went to war," Bush said.
He said those critics have made those allegations although they know that a Senate investigation "found no evidence" of political pressure to change the intelligence community's assessments related to Saddam's weapons program.
He said they also know that the United Nations passed more than a dozen resolutions citing Saddam's development and possession of weapons of mass destruction.
"More than 100 Democrats in the House and the Senate who had access to the same intelligence voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power," Bush said.
The president's remarks at the Tobyhanna Army Depot were part of the administration's effort to bolster waning U.S. public support for the war in which at least 2,059 U.S. troops have died.
Bush offered a forceful defense of the war in Iraq, saying it is the central front in the war on terror and that extremists are trying to establish a radical Muslim empire extending from Spain to Indonesia.
"We will never back down. We will never give in. We will never accept anything less than complete victory," he said Friday.
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And thank heaven he'll have the power to do just that...for THREE [not two] MORE YEARS
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Bush said the United States and its allies are determined to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of extremists and prevent them from gaining control of any country.
Bush singled out Syria for particular criticism, saying its government had taken "two disturbing steps" in recent days. He cited the arrest of Syria pro-democracy activist Kamal Labwani and a "strident speech" by President Bashar Assad.
In that speech, Assad said his government would cooperate with a U.N. investigation that implicated Syrian officials in the killing of a Lebanese leader, but warned he would no longer "play their game" if Syria "is going to be harmed."
Bush said Syria "must stop exporting violence and start importing democracy."
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"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
[ edited by Linda_K on Nov 11, 2005 01:25 PM ]
posted on November 11, 2005 02:10:55 PMoh my???? LOL
Yes, throw back to them their OWN words about how saddam had womd...their own statements about it all...the ones THEY were telling American's were TRUE when THEY were in the WH. And have EACH of them tell the American voters why THEY TOO LIED about the womd. Let's watch them lie again and again....or explain just where the womb THEY SAID saddam had ..went.
They're such jokes....farces....liars...it isn't even funny.
Now...they pretend so differently.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 11, 2005 02:47:55 PM"Bush said the United States and its allies are determined to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of extremists and prevent them from gaining control of any country."
Bush has edited the justification for war since 911. I guess this is his new rendition - brilliant!
posted on November 11, 2005 03:01:28 PM
I see Bush has decided to hijack Veterans Day for political gain. How disrespectful of those who have served this country. A day of honor and respect for those who have served our country flushed down the toilet by Bush.
I see many of the Veterans have stood up and denounced his behavior already... but Linda admires someone who isn't even half of a man. Bush couldn't even serve his commitment in the ANG, so why should we expect him to act appropriately on a day like today? An utter disgrace.
posted on November 11, 2005 03:39:11 PM
Bush is a desperate man. Liar-Linda_K is a desperate woman. What's new?
SEVERAL CON-SERVATIVE HOUSE MENBERS ARE NOW TRYING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES AWAY FROM BUSH. DON'T BELIEVE THEM JUST REMEMBER THEY VOTED FOR THE BUSH AGENDA FOR 5 YEARS.
THEY VOTED TO MAKE THE RICH AND INDUSTRY RICHER AND THE MIDDLE CLASS POORER.
REMEMBER!!!! THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CON US.
posted on November 11, 2005 03:46:49 PM
"Bush said the United States and its allies are determined to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of extremists and prevent them from gaining control of any country."
So Bush is going to give up our nuclear weapons. The United States was the only country to ever use nuclear weapons.
lies that put this Nation at risk.
Like the lies he told for the reasons to go to war.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 11, 2005 05:10:05 PMMost Americans could care less what Canadians think about US policy.
I understand that, Bear.
Condi just came to Canada urging them to do more than the 300 million in Iraq reconstruction so Canadians have every right to to voice their opinion because they are concerned how and where their tax dollars should be spent.
posted on November 11, 2005 07:27:01 PM
America must be broke if they are asking the Canadians to donate money towards the Iraqi reconstruction.
Kiara I hope your government said no.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 11, 2005 08:28:48 PM
We have to ask for help in the Iraq rebuild because if we didn't and say, used oil exports to pay the costs, the dopey left wing mutts would be baying:
"the war to steal da oil"
"the war to steal da oil"
"the war to steal da oil"
posted on November 12, 2005 04:02:55 AM
As I posted in the 'Great Quotes' thread.....
Here, KD, and all the other anti-war, anti-Bush liberals....pay attention to the FACT that this President wasn't 'changing the reasons we went to war' but rather....agreeing with what the democratic party leaders had been saying during the whole clinton administration.
SO, if you really believe you were being lied to by this President....then you must also believe the democratic party leaders were lying about the same issues too. Because we were being told the exact same thing BEFORE this President even took office in 2000.
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[taken from the Federalist Patriot]:
Naturally, the Democrat's media lemmings are reporting these charges as de facto truth, but there is considerable evidence that these Demo-gogues and their colleagues believed Iraq had WMD long before President George Bush came to Washington. Here is a small sample of that evidence from the Clinton years:
Bill Clinton: "If Saddam rejects peace, and we have to use force, our purpose is clear: We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
Madeleine Albright, Clinton Secretary of State: "We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and the security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Advisor and Classified Document Thief: "[Saddam will] use those weapons of mass destruction again as he has ten times since 1983."
Harry Reid: "The problem is not nuclear testing; it is nuclear weapons. ... The number of Third World countries with nuclear capabilities seems to grow daily. Saddam Hussein's near success with developing a nuclear weapon should be an eye-opener for us all."
Dick Durbin: "One of the most compelling threats we in this country face today is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Threat assessments regularly warn us of the possibility that...Iraq...may acquire or develop nuclear weapons."
John Kerry: "If you don't believe...Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me."
John Edwards: "Serving on the Intelligence Committee and seeing day after day, week after week, briefings on Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and his plans on using those weapons, he cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons, it's just that simple. The whole world changes if Saddam ever has nuclear weapons."
Nancy Pelosi: "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology, which is a threat to countries in the region, and he has made a mockery of the weapons-inspection process."
Sens. Levin, Lieberman, Lautenberg, Dodd, Kerrey, Feinstein, Mikulski, Daschle, Breaux, Johnson, Inouye, Landrieu, Ford and Kerry in a letter to Bill Clinton: "We urge you, after consulting with Congress and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions, including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
After President Bush was sworn into office in 2001, his administration was handed eight years worth of intelligence analysis and policy positions from the Clinton years -- you know, the years of appeasement when Saddam was tolerated, when opportunities to take out Osama bin Ladin were ignored, as was the presence of an al-Qa'ida terrorist cell in the U.S. -- which reared its head on 9/11.
In the weeks prior to the invasion of Iraq, Democrats, who had access to the same intelligence used by the Bush administration (much of which was compiled under the Clinton administration), were clear about the threat of Iraq's WMD capability.
Ted Kennedy: "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
John Kerry: "I will be voting to give the president of the U.S. the authority to use force if necessary to disarm Saddam because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security. ... Without question we need to disarm Saddam Hussein."
Hillary Clinton: "In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock. His missile-delivery capability, his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists including al-Qa'ida members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Carl Levin: "We begin with a common belief that Saddam Hussein...is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
Al Gore: "We know that he has stored nuclear supplies, secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Bob Graham: "We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has and has had for a number of years a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
For the record: Here's a partial list of what didn't make it out of Iraq before the OIF invasion:
1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium, 1,700 gallons of chemical-weapon agents, chemical warheads containing the nerve agent cyclosarin, radioactive materials in powdered form designed for dispersal over population centers, artillery projectiles loaded with binary chemical agents, etc.
Assuming Irag had no WMD because only small caches were recovered after Operation Iraqi Freedom began is perilously flawed logic. That, in no way, affirms what he spirited out through Iran and Syria before OIF.
So, ask Ted, Dick and Harry, what is their real agenda?
One might fairly conclude that they are willing to reduce U.S. national security to political fodder by accusing the President of the United States of "lying." Problem is, the President had no political motive for Operation Iraqi Freedom -- only a legitimate desire to fulfill the highest obligation of his office -- to defend our liberty against all threats.
Ted, Dick and Harry[, on the other hand, have plenty of political motivation for their most recent antics -- and all of America should look upon these disgraceful Demo-gogues, and anyone who supports this dangerous folly, as traitorous louts.
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"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
[ edited by Linda_K on Nov 12, 2005 04:10 AM ]
The lies that Iraq had WMD.
The lies that Al-Qaeda was in Iraq before 9/11.
The lies that Iraq was seeking to buy/bought uranamium.
It has been proven that the US relied on a captured Al-Qaeda member for its information and that person lied about what he told the US.
And then you are forgetting the fact that Bush starting planning for this war way before 9/11 ever happened.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 12, 2005 06:47:48 AMAnd then you are forgetting the fact that Bush starting planning for this war way before 9/11 ever happened.
Ever think [a new concept for you] that maybe he was planning on what might need to be done SINCE the clinton administraton AND the UN believed saddam had weapons of mass destruction?
Maybe he believe all THEIR intelligence and THEIR positions on saddam and womb.
THINK for ONCE.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 12, 2005 07:27:09 AM
Linda, those are all very good quotes from democratic party supporters. The way they talk now, you'd think they never entertained such thoughts, let alone spoke them!
posted on November 12, 2005 09:51:24 AMMaybe he believe all THEIR intelligence and THEIR positions on saddam and womb.
Just like the Bush administration. He relies on everyone else for his FACTUAL information.
Bush relied on terrorists for information about Iraq and Al-Qaeda.
Bush relied on his staff for conditions in New Orleans.
Bush relied on Rove to get him through the campaigsn.
Bush relied on Cheney for Iraq information.
Can Bush even think for himself.
It was ultimately Bush's responsibility to make the decision to go to war. Not Clinton's, not Cheney's, not Rove's. It was up to Bush to make sure the information he has factual and up to date. What did the Bush White House do when it was faced with the truth. They outed a CIA agent.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
BUT to me, to put this country in jeopardy for heir own political gains....is the most despicable thing that they could do....and it aids our enemies...hurts our war effort and our troops who are putting their LIVES on the line.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
