Bush: "IT'S AMAZING THAT I AM HERE IN VIETNAM!"

[Bluebear]

I'll say. Better late than never.

Then he lectures us all about the lessons of the Vietnam War, being such an expert.




HANOI, Vietnam - President Bush said Friday the United States' unsuccessful war in Vietnam three decades ago offered lessons for the American-led struggle in Iraq. "We'll succeed unless we quit," Bush said shortly after arriving in this one-time war capital...

"We tend to want there to be instant success in the world, and the task in Iraq is going to take awhile," the president said. He called the Iraq war a "great struggle" and said, "It's just going to take a long period of time for the ideology that is hopeful — and that is an ideology of freedom — to overcome an ideology of hate."

In the years since the 1975 fall of the Washington-backed regime in Saigon, the United States and Vietnam have reconciled their war differences. Bush said he found it hopeful that countries can "move beyond past differences for the common good."

As his motorcade moved through Hanoi, Bush passed Truc Bach lake, where then-Lt. Cmdr. John McCain, now a Republican senator from Arizona, was captured after parachuting from his damaged warplane. McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War, which claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans.

The collision of past and present seemed to affect Bush.

"Laura and I were talking about how amazing it is that we're here in Vietnam," the president said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_re_as/bush

[Binka]

1. Stick A Fork In Him. What A Whanking Nut Job. n/t

[SoCalDem]

96. Bin done..

Of course I did it prematurely.. (got told to remove the piccie)

can;t show the pic, but here's a linkie

?done

[Binka]

124. Thank You!

Still laughing five minutes later!:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

2. A truly magnetic personality

90% irony.

[Alamom]

3. Great pic. Tell him the war is over and maybe he'll get that

"Caught in the Headlights" look off his face.

[Supersedeas]

69. tell us again....what was the Tough Guy during the War...strike a pose Tough Guy

[Joe Chi Minh]

110. LOL. Isn't that Ho Chi Minh smiling down at him?

[Fla Dem]

103. Always walks and stands like he has a load in his pants...lol..n/t

[lamp_shade]

4. He looks like he just shat his drawers

[lonestarnot]

9. He certainly does!

:rofl: Maybe he should go back to playing the bells. Save the chimps the trouble. Poor chimps.

[Clark2008]

53. I finally found something I can say good about Bushie

He did a pretty good job with those bells!

But, that's about all he's good at.

[mom cat]

70. He gets the Barney Poop award.

[rodeodance]

12. a true Chimp stance

[dysfunctional press]

16. drunks tend to do that once in awhile, too...

so it's extremely possible.

[happydreams]

66. What's with those hands? It looks like Jimmy Cagney's

"You dirty copper" stance. Or ready to draw his shootin' iron.

[drone]

67. acting lessons

I think the BOY could use some acting lessons

[Warren DeMontague]

119. MMmmmmmmmmm! Squishy!

And warm...

[SeattleGirl]

5. Yeah, Georgie.

Too bad you didn't go there when the military needed you, ya big fuckhead.

[exlrrp]

127. C'mon, how hard on the troops do you want to make it?

I can just see Georgie there trying to be a leader ( or anything else) WhaT exactly could he have done when he was disqualified from doing ANYTHING in the military (see discharge below: Qualifications: NONE) (their capitals, not mine)
With him there we would only have lost quicker (which aint a bad idea now I stop to think of it)
People may accuse me of showing this discharge before--its so reprehensible I just love showing it. No medals, no qualifications at all, a clear statement he didn't finish his commitment and he didn't even show up to sign it. Any other veteran here not show up to sign his discharge? That was the one day in the service they couldn't have kept me away from with napalm and White Phosphorous.
This discharge plainly shows in simple English the scam that is Bush's "military service" and the crooked way he got out of it. Bush's superiors kept him listed and paid as a pilot for 14 months after he had lost ALL his qualifications. As the discharge plainly shows, Bush, when discharged, was not quaified to lead a KP detail!!
How did YOU like having paid a pilot for 47 days of pilots work, spread out over 14 months, after he had been suspended from flying and lost ALL his qualifications?
See the huge anomaly there? Listed as a pilot with NO qualifications? Bush was kept listed and--paid--as a pilot for 14 months after he had been suspended from flying, his ONLY job. And this discharge proves it.(there's alot of other things that prove it also)
America, youve been defrauded!


(edited for spelling)

[Kiouni]

6. He's not in vietnam

Cheney just took him down to the Three's Happiness Chinese Cuisine down the street to shut him up for a while until he figures out what to do.

[rpannier]

7. I'm surprised he didn't say

South Vietnam or North Vietnam

[O.M.B.inOhio]

8. because of the flag on the WH web site?

He'd have to be smarter to be that dumb.

[WilliamPitt]

10. Private Pyle, you are dumb, but do you expect me to believe you do not know left from right?

[Duncan Grant]

11. Jesus, he just makes it too easy. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

The vindictive little twit starts an illegal war based on fictitious evidence and he's amazed? Really. Why am I not surprised?

[Bhaisahab]

13. "It's amazing I'm in Viet Nam..."

"... now will you please shut up about me being AWOL?"

[Disturbed]

14. "The Ideaology of hate."

That is what this dolt wants the American people to believe that the Insurgency in Iraq is about. It would never occur to him while being in Vietnam that the Insurgency there was similar.

[hippiechick]

46. "... since I so successfully dodged a trip here back in the 60's"

:spank:

[No Exit]

116. LOL! And if he'd been prez in the 60's-70's, we'd STILL BE in Vietnam

That's right--even worse than NIXON!!

[yorkiemommie1]

136. exactly

he doesn't even realize how stupid this makes him sound.

[connecticut yankee]

79. He's only there

because Poppy couldn't get him out of it.

[cassiepriam]

15. Very odd way he is standing. nt

[Bluebear]

20. Very simian.

Or something.

[cool user name]

130. That's an insult to simians ...

[malaise]

21. What a pose!

What a fugging misfit.

[QMPMom]

24. Looks like he's got a pair of six shooters on his hips and is

ready to draw.

[cassiepriam]

32. He is looking more and more brain damaged, possible strokes?

[SoCalDem]

97. Denny Hastert is his walking coach n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. So he goes to Vietnam to say 'success' would have been the US staying there

until they had 'won'. Wow, another great step forward for American diplomacy - "nice place you got here. Would have been a whole lot nicer if we'd stayed here long enough to kill more of you folks".

He's not a lame duck, he's a loose cannon. He's got nothing to lose, and his minders seem to have given up trying to restrain him. Can't his mouth be taped up or something?

[Richard Steele]

19. The man is a bumbling embarrassment of GLOBAL proportions.

A drooling, blithering MORAN stumbling around the planet
in search of some small population he hasn't offended yet.

Someone needs to get this IDIOT off the damn stage already.

[Bluebear]

22. 'He's not a lame duck, he's a loose cannon.'

Well said and completely true.

[Kierkegaard]

50. I think we'd all be better off if we agree to extend him paid vacation

time for the remainder of his term. It would definitely be worth it. He seems bound and determined to heap more refuse on top of his already stellar legacy.

[Black Adder]

94. We'd all be better off if he did..

Most Canadians would join you in contributing to that cause...

[tavalon]

109. Let's send him on a tour

of the Hague.

[Kierkegaard]

112. I like that better.

Let's make sure it's an involuntary 'tour' that never ends...

[SammyWinstonJack]

55. Mind boggling, isn't it? I don't think he ever actually listens to what comes out of his

mouth. He'll say absolutely anything in defense of his messed up illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, no matter how callous, self-serving and self-absorbed it sounds. The World revolves around him, or so he thinks.

[Binka]

85. Malignant Narcissists Always Think Everything Is About Them

Every. Last. Fucking. Thing. It is why they drive people to homicide or suicide.

[struggle4progress]

115. That must have gone over well with his hosts.

[Hubert Flottz]

18. HANOI GEORGE goes over to the Communists to kiss their asses!

He's a lover not a fighter!

Edit...HEY maybe there is something Bush would be good at after all...burning shit?



He's a natural born shit burner!

[No Exit]

117. Don'tcha know, "GOOD FOR BUSINESS" trumps that "patriotism" stuff any day!!

[B Calm]

23. The man must be removed from office!!

and the sooner the better! IMPEACH

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. It's like he's forcing us to experience his delayed adolescence

with him.

[eppur_se_muova]

90. I think he's well into senility without ever having reached maturity.

Alcohol is a wonder drug that way.

[argyl]

26. Just when you think he can't be any more idiotic.Looks like hammered

shit in that picture also.

[jgraz]

28. Operative word being "hammered"

Chimpy's clearly bin-Drinkin again.

[Virginia Dare]

42. Paid a social call to Pooty-poot....

he remembered what a rip roaring time it was the last time....

[Little Wing]

48. Putin: The vomit bucket is over there if you need it

Bush: We have a name for those in Texas...

I I I can't remember what it is right now

[colorado_ufo]

86. How many times do you see a beer bottle on the table

at a formal state dinner?

*: "Wow! Didn't know I could get that blitzed on one beer! You guys make good stuff! Pass the brats!"

[Virginia Dare]

106. There are several more chilling in the bucket behind him....

Pooty obviously was getting him drunk so he could take advantage of him. :rofl: :cry:

[colorado_ufo]

121. Good one!

But now my head hurts at that thought . . .

[SoCalDem]

100. Oooh.. another chance to post the pic I made of that occasion

[Jeffersons Ghost]

27. he finally said something I agree with... it IS amazing! you think he'll stay?

LOL, I'm sorry folks but this is about the stupidest thing he's ever said! too damn funny!

[sarge43]

29. More proof (as if we needed it) that some jokes

write themselves.

[Berry Cool]

30. All he needs is a flight suit and a "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner.

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to announce that major combat operations in Vietnam have ended...This much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Vietnam regime..."

"What!?!? What do you mean, I'm too late?!?"

[SalmonChantedEvening]

31. "Tomorrow, me n Pickles is gonna tour the KingKong Delta!!"

:eyes:

[Cooley Hurd]

33. Bush calls McCain; "Heh-heh... Guess where I'm callin' ya from, John..."

"...The Hanoi Hilton, 'cept ah'm in the Presidential Suite! Heh..."

[jdadd]

87. Damn....

You made me spit coffee all over my monitor.....:rofl:

[Ganja Ninja]

34. "We'll succeed unless we quit,"

Oh if only there was something he could have done back then to help the cause.

(I know this guy is oblivious to irony but you'd think somebody would tap him on the shoulder once in awhile and tell him to STFU.)

[shanti]

72. what a statement!

:spray: good god.

[democrank]

35. What a freakin` hero.

Takes a trip to Vietnam surrounded by a brazillion security people umpteen years after the war is over. What was The First Warrior doing during the war? Holding down bar stools, completely protected by his father`s last name and connections. He should have a little chat with my vet friend who was a "tunnel rat" during the war. Unlike Junior, that friend had neither a rescuing father nor a white collar.

[Crankie Avalon]

36. Awwwww, how cute...

...give us a cheer, sugar breeches!!!

The coward during the Vietnam era:
http://www.priceofliberty.net/wp-content/images/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!george_bush_cheerleader.jpg
"HELL, NO, I WON'T GO, JUST YOU LITTLE PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW!!!

The Ass-Faced Weasel now:

"You people need to stay long enough--you know, past my term--so I can pretend to save face!!!"

[opihimoimoi]

37. His comments reflect that of a damaged Brain,,,,

6 years of comments AKA Bushisms....is so telling....the man is either drunk or impaired.

Possibly BOTH

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

38. Oooh, slideshow! My 2 pics, Dopey and Grumpy do SE Asia...

MKJ

[hippiechick]

47. And doesn't Pickles just RADIATE happiness and states-womanship?

:wow: :spank:

[beltanefauve]

105. Isn't the wearing of white

for FUNERALS in that culture???

[Sugar Smack]

39. Is it just me, or is this gibberish on a sort of tape loop?

"We tend to want there to be instant success in the world, and the task in Iraq is going to take awhile," the president said. He called the Iraq war a "great struggle" and said, "It's just going to take a long period of time for the ideology that is hopeful — and that is an ideology of freedom — to overcome an ideology of hate."

This is nonsense.

[Bluebear]

99. It's complete nonsense.

Somehow he can pick out catchphrases that his zombies respond to, but I can't make hide nor hair out of it.

[mmonk]

40. Took him long enough.

[Flying Dream Blues]

41. What's amazing is that this * is our pResident....TWICE. nt

[Buzz Clik]

43. "My father's influence kept me out of here in the '60s and got me here today"

[TheCowsCameHome]

44. Maybe he could check the MLS for retirement pig farms while he's there

[rateyes]

45. I turned on the news this morning...

NBC Today Show, and they got to the story of Bush in Vietnam. One of the first lines out of the reporters mouth was "President Bush has never been to Vietnam before this trip." Then there was a noticeable pause before the rest of the report. I thought that subtle line was great, PREGNANT with meaning!

[deepthought42]

49. He's STILL not my president

Goddamnit I can't even stand to look at the picture, as hilarious as it is. :puke:

So, according to him, the lesson of Vietnam is that we should've stuck it out, killed off more American soldiers, and maybe, just maybe, we would've won!? Is he fucking serious??? He must be living in his own little world...normally I wouldn't care, but this chimp-in-a-man's-body is just dangerous. :scared:

[shain from kane]

51. "Ho, Ho, Ho. Now here's a picture of me in front of a statue of Ho

Chi Minh. I got to say "Ho, Ho, Ho", and it wasn't even Christmas yet. I spent Christmas in Hanoi. Not as significant as spending Christmas in Cambodia, but it'll do. Merry Christmas from Hanoi. Ho, Ho, Ho."

[LibDemAlways]

52. Some of the most idiotic utterances ever to come out

of his ignorant mouth.

What were his handlers thinking when they were planning this trip?

The little shitass, who did everything in his power to avoid going to Vietnam, shows up three decades later at US taxpayer expense to pontificate that "We'll succeed unless we quit" - in Iraq - his personal war of choice in which close to 3000 US soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died for nothing. Try spewing your shit on the streets of Baghdad, asshole. The locals will give you some of that "great struggle" - in spades.

[Sydnie]

54. Isn't that the wrong place to be saying

"We would have kicked your ass if the American people hadn't lost their nerve"? That is basically what he said isn't it?

What an asshat! I thought we were trying to make things better with them, not start it all over again. :mad:

[BlueEyedSon]

56. After all the blow and drinkin, its amazing that he is here, anywhere

[shain from kane]

57. He's wanting to score some betel nuts before he leaves. n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

80. What would he do with Ringo's testicle?

[shain from kane]

95. It would have to be Ringo's, because Heather Mills McCartney has

Paul's in her hands, by the short and curlies.

[spanone]

58. mr. george, where was your lame ass 35 years ago?

[spanone]

59. dupe

[A wise Man]

60. Let me get this straight

I'm AWOL in 1965, after thirty days I'm a deserter, no one can testify that they have known me during my service nor my whereabouts, and yet in the year 2000 the courts appoint me as the President of the United States without question or investigation. I invent a war based on lies killing hundreds of thousands Iraq's and close to three thousands of our American troops not to mention the thousands wounded, confess that Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11, make jokes of WMD's as our troops are being killed by an enemy we can't define while spouting "STAY THE COURSE AND UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE" which no one understands what he means, and through all of this some BUTTHEADS here at DU would say "Don't Impeach",while this coward visits Vietnam and have the gall to make a comparison to his war.
"Am I on the Star Ship Enterprise or what"?

[htuttle]

62. No, you're on the Planet of the Apes

Which is sort of funny when you first think about it,...and then it's not anymore.

"IT'S A MAD HOUSE!! A MAD HOUSE!"

[A wise Man]

63. The media and this guy

truly are delusional in their own little world and we are the fantasy of reality.

[mtnester]

71. Makes you wonder if we are in alternative reality world

or jumping in and out of it anyway.

[smoogatz]

61. It's the standard wingnut line on Vietnam: Walter Cronkite lost the war

because he failed to report that parts of Saigon weren't actually burning during the Tet Offensive. We didn't lose, the media talked the American people into quitting. What's deeply offensive about that message--especially to the people of Vietnam, I would think--is that the US killed between three and five MILLION people in S.E. Asia during the fifteen years of the war. Again, the number is 3 to 5 MILLION--roughly fifteen percent of the total population of Vietnam. Imagine if the Soviets invaded the U.S., killed an equivalent number (45 million men, women and children), were driven out, and then the Soviet premier returned thirty years later expressing regret for not having killed MORE PEOPLE. Jesus Christ on a fucking soda cracker.

[Divine Discontent]

68. eek!

there's a lot of true hardness in those facts, and to think Shrubya and Pickles went over there and most likely (as in 100%)didn't even think about all the people we killed back when they were party hopping, makes me question the competence of anyone who defends Bush as being a good leader; actually I think they're dangerous.

I'd prefer to leave Jesus Christ out of this, especially when discussing Shrub... thank you in advance.


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- antibush prodem stickers/shirts

[smoogatz]

76. I'm glad you agree with the substance of my post.

And if you want to leave Jesus out, or put him in, or whatever, you're entirely free to suit yourself. As am I.

[ProfessorGAC]

64. Forty Years Late, Silverspoon!

This guy is a total trainwreck. A national embarassment from which it will take 20 years to recover.
The Professor

[TennDigger]

93. Reply to Professor

I believe that it will take mubh more than twenty years to
repair the damage of George II. Remember Bill Clinton was only
able to repair part of the damage caused by Reagan and George
I. If you add the damage from those administrations to the
damage caused by this one then 50-100 years is more like it.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

135. Hi TennDigger! Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[dxdem]

65. "We'll succeed unless we quit,"

yeah...that's EXACTLY the lesson we learned from Vietnam...

[stubtoe]

73. The REAL lesson from Vietnam:

Don't go in in the FIRST place. Duh.

[smoogatz]

77. There are LOTS of real lessons from Vietnam that Bush has failed to learn

because he's an arrogant, uninformed rightwing moron. If I wasn't chasing my two-year-old around the house right now I'd make a handy-dandy list for you.

[kedrys]

137. Never get involved in a land war in Asia

Evidently, * has never seen The Princess Bride...

[tabasco]

74. Bush became a tactical and strategic genius during Vietnam!

It wasn't easy getting home from the O Club all the time with a .03 BAC. It took great skill to avoid getting many more DUI's. Bush always had to plan a route to avoid detection. AFAIK, he only got busted drunk driving once, so he must be some kind of genius.

[PlanetBev]

75. Yeah, now that it's safe, you moron

Thank you so much for guarding the borders of Texas, while 58,000 of your less privileged brethren ended up on The Wall.

Fuck you forever.

[tavalon]

111. They are not his bethren

they shouldn't have to be demeaned that way. Cockroaches and chimps are his breathren. That and asshats.

[cool user name]

131. Don't insult cockroaches and chimps please.

Thanks.

:hi:

[okieinpain]

78. he says "never quit" yet he's in a peaceful vietnam, because we

let them settle their own business.

[smoogatz]

81. After killing roughly a sixth of them.

Which is apparently Bush's plan for Iraq, as well.

[Name removed]

82. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[SydneyBristow]

83. Hey at least he didn't do this:

[Bluebear]

102. The trip's not over yet!

And welcome to DU!

[Zambero]

84. No need to hurry back!

In the words of 41, "Wouldn't be prudent!".

[SydneyBristow]

89. ahaahaaa...

omg lol. yeah like dana carvey SNL, "a thousand points of light; stay the course" that's hilarious

[Betty]

88. better late than never you AWOL chicken hawk

is that what you mean??? asshole, hiding like the little coward you are when it was your turn to serve.

[mnhtnbb]

104. Ha! As Slimebaugh would say, "ditto".

[earth mom]

91. Yeah, we're surprised too. So...what took you so long?

:eyes:

[RedG1]

92. Difference Between Vietnam and Iraq Wars...

George W. Bush had a plan for getting out of the Vietnam war

[NNadir]

98. It doesn't get any better than that. n/t.

[Felix Mala]

101. Some folks are born made to wave the flag

ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",
oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no senator's son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no,

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves? oh.
But when the taxman come to the door,
Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give,
oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no military son, SON, NO
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, NO NO

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate son, son son son

[a la izquierda]

107. Better late than never....

Try not to screw up that country while you're there, jerk-ass!:eyes:

[xxqqqzme]

108. Is that Ho Chi Minh

looking down on chimpie?

(I know it is - I just liked the composition. Ho Chi Minh seems to be scowling.)

[Mendocino]

113. I guess he thinks that after 30 some years....

... that its finally safe enough to show up.

[ellisonz]

114. Dear Leader is out of the World and In Country.

I think it'd be a great time for a coup.

Joking.

}(

[illinoisprogressive]

118. A little late, Ain't He???

40 years after he Cut and Run, Bushie boy stands in spot where McCain's plane went down...
Ironic?
Chickenhawk chickenshit.

[upi402]

120. he turns his elbows out to puff his fratboy self up

what a poser

[Deja Q]

122. I wonder if those who fought in Vietnam

would figure that we'd lose the war, end up as 'friends' for the sake of corporate expansion ina country backed by an enemy at the time.

Times change, that's certainly true, and nobody is an enemy forever. But people were angry over Clinton for less. All I know is, I'm confused.

[opihimoimoi]

123. While the SIMPLETON ACT/MODE works to a third of Americans

It is extremely embarrassing for the Rest of us and the Host Nations for that matter.

The GOP is responsible for this man getting in the White House...How the Hell can we trust the GOPs judgement? This was their Best?

[WinkyDink]

125. But what is he even saying?? That today's VietNam is a MESS because

"we quit"? Obviously, the nation itself is a SUCCESS. There are no Vietnamese "terrorists" agitating against the U.S.

So how does he perceive the U.S. as NOT having "succeeded" because "we quit", if VietNam is peaceful today, enough for him to visit?

He could mean only one thing, assuming he is lucid: The U.S. FAILED because WE---i.e., Halliburton, Bechtel, etc.---do not totally OWN VietNam.

[Deja Q]

126. Not yet.

I saw the speeches on FOX news earlier this morning.

Wow.

Sounds nice. And the Vietnamese loved it.

But who is getting more out of this deal?

The US

Vietnam

Or what we think is the US but may ultimately be Vietnam?

I don't mind globalization and free trade, but when it comes to US jobs, we have to maintain our economy and people too.

[williesgirl]

128. * is strutting on the same ground where many of my friends died long ago. Shameful.

This deserter shouldn't be allowed out of his cage in the WH until he's replaced.

[cool user name]

129. What else does president platitude have to tell us?

[Bluebear]

132. Real deep thinker, ain't he?

:eyes:

[cool user name]

134. It makes me sick when he starts talking garbage like that.

It literally means nothing.

[classysassy]

133. A two year tour for Bush & Chaney

Now that the conflict is over,over there,let him and DickHead spend the next two years in Viet Nam working in the rice paddies for minimum wage,the mimimum of the vietnamese,that would be just and proper.WELCOME TO THE OVAL OFFICE PRESIDENT PELOSA.