Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Limp
I just finished reading the transcript of George "Mission Accomplished" Bush's speech from last night. A flaccid performence from an increasingly unpopular and impotent president. He certainly brought out the retreads. Five 9/11 references, even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Thirty references to terrorits, war on terror, or just terror. Brief, passing mention to the more than 1700 US troops who've lost their lives for Bush's folly. Two statements struck me:
To complete the mission, we will prevent Al Qaida and other foreign terrorists from turning Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban: a safe haven from which they could launch attacks on America and our friends.
Ummmm....Iraq was an Al-Qaida haven prior to Bush's invasion?? I don't think so. If we hadn't invaded, Al-Qaida wouldn't have the opportunity to turn Iraq into Afghanistan. Bush is the one who gave the terrorists that opportunity.
Rebuilding a country after three decades of tyranny is hard, and rebuilding while at war is even harder.
Our progress has been uneven, but progress is being made.
We are improving roads and schools and health clinics. We're working to improve basic services like sanitation, electricity and water.
Again, prior to Bush's invasion, Iraqi's didn't need to rebuild. They had sanitation, electricity, water, roads and schools. We're the ones who screwed that pooch.
Bottom line: US troops are dying while occupying a country that had no connection to 9/11, no 9/11 terrorists were Iraqi's, Iraq had no ties to bin Laden, there were no WMD's, and the country was no threat to the United States. In the ensuing years, we've gone from having the world's sympathy to holding the world's scorn, and terroists are able to use the chaos we created in Iraq to hone their skills. Smooth moove, Mr. President.
To complete the mission, we will prevent Al Qaida and other foreign terrorists from turning Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban: a safe haven from which they could launch attacks on America and our friends.
Ummmm....Iraq was an Al-Qaida haven prior to Bush's invasion?? I don't think so. If we hadn't invaded, Al-Qaida wouldn't have the opportunity to turn Iraq into Afghanistan. Bush is the one who gave the terrorists that opportunity.
Rebuilding a country after three decades of tyranny is hard, and rebuilding while at war is even harder.
Our progress has been uneven, but progress is being made.
We are improving roads and schools and health clinics. We're working to improve basic services like sanitation, electricity and water.
Again, prior to Bush's invasion, Iraqi's didn't need to rebuild. They had sanitation, electricity, water, roads and schools. We're the ones who screwed that pooch.
Bottom line: US troops are dying while occupying a country that had no connection to 9/11, no 9/11 terrorists were Iraqi's, Iraq had no ties to bin Laden, there were no WMD's, and the country was no threat to the United States. In the ensuing years, we've gone from having the world's sympathy to holding the world's scorn, and terroists are able to use the chaos we created in Iraq to hone their skills. Smooth moove, Mr. President.
