"Side by side," Bush said, "Iraqi and American forces are operating in the city's most violent areas to disrupt al Qaeda, capture enemy fighters, crack down on IED makers, and break up death squads. As we engage our enemies in their stronghold, these enemies are putting up a tough fight. "
How much animosity against our country is enough for Bush and the republicans? For what purpose does he continue to muckrake around in Iraq if not out of some vain politics? Why are our troops "breaking up Iraqi death squads," and being forced to patrol the Iraqi streets? Where are the estimated 300,000 Iraqi police and army forces (90% functional, according to the generals) that we've created and fostered with out tax dollars. Bush is just fine with playing chicken with our soldiers' lives. After all, he's engaged in an "ideological struggle."
"The last few weeks have been rough for our troops in Iraq, and for the Iraqi people," Bush said on the radio. "The fighting is difficult, but our Nation has seen difficult fights before. In World War II and the Cold War, earlier generations of Americans sacrificed so that we can live in freedom. This generation will do its duty as well."
Rough? Rough for our troops in Iraq? It's been hell on earth there. It's no damn surprise to find Bush sanguine about the needless sacrifices of our soldiers' lives and livelihoods as he diddles around with his politics. The sacrifices made during World War II and the Cold War were supposed to have taught us lessons about the limits of the effects of the awesome force of our defenses, and the importance of developing and maintaining international relationships to avoid conflict, not invite conflict as Bush has done repeatedly. And, he speaks of "duty." Amazing language from our nation's most famous shirker of the duty he agreed to perform during the Vietnam war. Predictable for the pretender-in chief. Tragic for the rest of us that he still prevails.
How much animosity against our country is enough for Bush and the republicans? For what purpose does he continue to muckrake around in Iraq if not out of some vain politics? Why are our troops "breaking up Iraqi death squads," and being forced to patrol the Iraqi streets? Where are the estimated 300,000 Iraqi police and army forces (90% functional, according to the generals) that we've created and fostered with out tax dollars. Bush is just fine with playing chicken with our soldiers' lives. After all, he's engaged in an "ideological struggle."
"The last few weeks have been rough for our troops in Iraq, and for the Iraqi people," Bush said on the radio. "The fighting is difficult, but our Nation has seen difficult fights before. In World War II and the Cold War, earlier generations of Americans sacrificed so that we can live in freedom. This generation will do its duty as well."
Rough? Rough for our troops in Iraq? It's been hell on earth there. It's no damn surprise to find Bush sanguine about the needless sacrifices of our soldiers' lives and livelihoods as he diddles around with his politics. The sacrifices made during World War II and the Cold War were supposed to have taught us lessons about the limits of the effects of the awesome force of our defenses, and the importance of developing and maintaining international relationships to avoid conflict, not invite conflict as Bush has done repeatedly. And, he speaks of "duty." Amazing language from our nation's most famous shirker of the duty he agreed to perform during the Vietnam war. Predictable for the pretender-in chief. Tragic for the rest of us that he still prevails.
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