Did you catch these sickening platitudes from *'s speech this morning??

[DesEtoiles]

Our troops see the progress the Iraqi security forces have made. Captain Glenn Colby of the Rhode Island National Guard says that when he arrived in Iraq over a year ago, the Iraqi police were afraid to go outside their building. Recently, he says, the soldiers were on patrol when the Iraqi police charged past them in hot pursuit of insurgents. He says of the Iraqi police, "Now you see them everywhere. You see them at checkpoints on the streets; you see them on patrol; you see them stand and fight."

The Iraqi people are seeing progress. They're stepping forward to the fight. One Iraqi who stepped forward is a traffic cop named Jamal. Recently, Jamal was training in the city of Irbil with about 200 other recruits, when a red car came hurtling toward them and it exploded. He survived, but many of his comrades did not. Here's what he says: "I saw friends killed and wounded and crying out and blood everywhere. It is not the first time they tried to kill us ... we're not afraid. I'll stay a policeman and serve my country." Americans are proud to serve alongside such brave allies, people willing -- (applause) -- people willing to take risk for democracy and freedom, people willing to sacrifice.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050711-1.html

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I find this completely gross and offensive. A crude and false anecdote that sounds like it was written by a 12-year old boy. "Hot pursuit?" "traffic cop named Jamal?" He forgot to throw in "totally tubular".

[reBel_gyrl]

1. So... Iraqi cops stepping outside..

and being blown up by car bombs is progress? Is that like how we're "in the last throes of the insurgency"? Or how "freedom is on the march"? Sounds a lot like "same ol', same ol'" In Iraq to me....

[Kerrytravelers]

2. * does much better when he stays away from mics

and just colors in his coloring books.

[applegrove]

3. Sometime in the present millennium I would love to see Bush give

a speech in front of the public - as opposed to organizations that fall under the WH command structure or known Republican sheeple.

Just one - I'd like to see "Stem" speak publicly.