Bush Compares War on Terror to World Wars

[Arkana]

Don't know if anyone got to this yet...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050823/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

1 hour, 51 minutes ago

SALT LAKE CITY - President Bush compared the fight against terrorism to both world wars and other great conflicts of the 20th century as he tried to reassure an increasingly skeptical public on Monday to support U.S. military involvement in
Iraq.

With the anti-war movement finding new momentum behind grieving mother Cindy Sheehan, Bush acknowledged the fighting in Iraq is difficult and dangerous. But he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention the fight is necessary to keep terrorists out of the United States.

As he did in last year's election campaign and more recently as war opposition has risen, Bush reminded his listeners of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — reciting the date five times in a 30-minute speech.

"We're not yet safe," Bush said. "Terrorists in foreign lands still hope to attack our country. They still hope to kill our citizens. The lesson of Sept. 11, 2001, is that we must confront threats before they fully materialize."

[ugarte]

1. Like that time Andover played Exeter

and it was like the Battle of Iwo Jima.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. Didn't George Allen (R-VA) compare Iraq to Normandy...

over the weekend? (Had company and am a bit behind in the news...) So, we're off of "freedom ain't free" and on to comparing Iraq to world wars. I thought they didn't launch new products/ideas in August.

[Jim Sagle]

3. America is the new Russia. Iraq is the new Hungary. So he's right.

Although I doubt he meant it just that way.

[Matilda]

4. And who is he?

President Churchill?

[MisterP]

5. you know, that's EXACTLY what I say

but, you know...

[lebkuchen]

6. I compare Iraq to 9-11

The US did to innocent people times 50,000 what the Saudis did to the US.

[Ready4Change]

7. Desperately seeking validity.

Having no validity itself, they keep trying to connect it with other, respected events. Remember How they tried Bush=Churchill? Laughable comparison.

This one isn't much better.

[Theduckno2]

8. By my count......

World War II US involvement
Dec 41 1mo
1942 12mos
1943 12mos
1944 12mos
Sept45 9mos
Total ~46mos

War on Terror
Sept01 4mos
2002 12mos
2003 12mos
2004 12mos
Aug 05 8mos
Total ~48mos so far

I'd like to see a show of hands of those who see the light at the end of tunnel in the War on Terror!! I didn't think so.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. Vote It Down

I gave it a 1, because it's Stupid & Irrelevant. Don't want to give this stupid comparison of Shrub's any credit at all.

[kysrsoze]

13. Naw, vote it up. Let everyone see how stupid that stance is

It just makes him look like a complete fool and a warmonger.

[Maple]

10. Everyone wants to be draped

with the mantle of Churchill and FDR and McArthur, and Monty and Patton and Eisenhower.....

Waaaaay too many old movies watched on a Saturday afternoon that romanticized what was actually a very dark era for humanity.

Hollywood glamorizing made it all sound like just dashing fun, wot?

[bpilgrim]

11. some choice quotes ------- -------- ------------ ------ > MP3

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/mm/bush_quotes-050822-aar-mm.mp3
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/mm/bush_iraq-050822-aar-mm.mp3

courtesy of Mike Malloy's show ;->

he is tipping the neoCONs hand, again :scared:

peace

[longship]

12. Idiot bumpkin

This is total idiocy. We need to get these stupid people out of our White House.

[kysrsoze]

14. ...in his dreams. Chimpy McCokespoon thinks he's destined to fight WWIII

[Old and In the Way]

15. More like the war he was AWOL from.

Maybe he's trying to regain his lost courage by being a "war pResident" today? He really needs to see a shrink.

[Maple]

16. Let's hope

someone bursts his bubble

[ninkasi]

17. He sounds more and more psychotic to me

I think you hit on something when you said he really needs to see a shrink. Honestly, I believe that he has slipped into a completely delusional psychotic break of some kind. Seriously, his mental state needs to be questioned, because he is making less and less sense as time passes.

[JawJaw]

22. I agree

He's having REAL trouble controlling that smirk now, and there seems to be a lot of grinding of teeth goin' on.

Now he's sinking in the polls.... I bet Unka Dick and Karl are getting a mite concerned that the meds just aren't doing the trick any more.

How long before the chimp is fed to the hounds?

[Nostradamus]

18. You don't have to be a genius to work out the modern Hitler

Hint : Adolf started WW2 by invading a country without any reason at all.

[truthisfreedom]

19. bush compares war on terror to war of the worlds

it's that alien to him.

[okoboji]

20. "We're not yet safe," Bush said.

uuuuuhhh ...

I thought we were safer today .... didn't he tell us we were safer not too long along ago? Do I still need to have my plastic sheets and duct tape handy? or do I go out and spend money?

[wellst0nev0ter]

21. I Guess Godwin's Law Also Applies To War Rhetoric

never mind the fact that we were fighting three war machines at the same time, and Saddam was a tinpot dictator whose army shrunk by a magnitude of three during the decade :eyes:

[The White Tree]

23. Is this the very definition of irony?

"President Bush compared the fight against terrorism to both world wars and other great conflicts of the 20th century as he tried to reassure an increasingly skeptical public on Monday to support U.S. military involvement in
Iraq."

So the President is reassuring us by telling us we are facing a situation as bad as 2 World Wars that saw the deaths of millions of people.

Is that the definition of irony?

Or

Is it just foreshadowing?


:puke:

[sabra]

24. Bush salutes sacrifices of 2,000 troops

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3321026

Bush salutes sacrifices of 2,000 troops
'We will finish the task that they gave their lives for,' he tells VFW

By ELISABETH BUMILLER
New York Times

SALT LAKE CITY - President Bush hailed the sacrifice of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday and then vowed, in a rare reference to the number of American deaths in each country, that the nation owed it to the more than 2,000 Americans killed in the two wars not to end their missions prematurely.

"Each of these men and women left grieving families and loved ones back home," Bush said here at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. "Each of these heroes left a legacy that will allow generations of their fellow Americans to enjoy the blessings of liberty."

Then he added, in a clear signal that he would not bow to growing pressure to withdraw troops immediately from Iraq: "We owe them something. We will finish the task that they gave their lives for."

Bush made his speech at his first public appearance in nine days, interrupting a monthlong vacation at his Crawford ranch. In recent weeks, political pressures have intensified over his Iraq policy as the sentiment has grown among Democrats and some Republicans that the war has become reminiscent of Vietnam.

[jsamuel]

25. What "task"?

[tocqueville]

26. Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant....

[TahitiNut]

28. "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori," he replied.

:puke:

[FightingIrish]

27. When the justification for a war is the lives already lost

it would seem that the war is lost.

[dw]

30. There's a term in accounting... "sunk costs"

It refers to costs already made and not recoverable. Sunk costs should never influence decisions about a future course of action.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
-John Dryden, 17th Century English philosopher

[uppityperson]

29. What is the task? What is the mission?

Tell us what we need to complete, Mr.bush.

[Skittles]

31. to honor those who have been killed, more have to die

that, really, is what he is saying

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

32. What exactly was that task, again?

WMD?
The War on Terror?
Regime change?
Bringing democracy to Iraq?
MUSHROOM clouds?

What's the task, dude?

[truthisfreedom]

33. bush sacrifices 2000 troops

that's what it should read.

[rodeodance]

34. I noticed that a lot of newscasters made a big deal out of the fact that

Bush actually mentioned the number of dead soldiers in his speech.
I think he just wanted the public to know that he knew the numbers.

[pinniped]

35. Nothing here about plundering resources.

What a guy, steps out of the pig pen to make a statement. I don't like my vacations interrupted either.

--* made his speech at his first public appearance in nine days, interrupting a monthlong vacation--

FOS as usual.

[cornermouse]

36. Impeachment would be a fine choice.