Bush Rejects Calls for Iraq Withdrawal

[leftchick]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5425204,00.html

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - President Bush swatted down calls in Congress for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, saying on Saturday that American military leaders believe that retreat now would be.''

``So we will fight the terrorists in Iraq and we will stay in the fight until we have achieved the victory our brave troops have fought and bled for,'' said Bush, facing mounting criticism from home about his war policy.

Bush defended his Iraq policy in remarks prepared for a speech at Osan Air Base, headquarters for the 7th Air Force, the primary U.S. Air Force unit in Korea. He was to stop there on his way to China.

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``In Washington there are some who say that the sacrifice is too great, and they urged us to set a date for withdrawal before we have completed our mission,'' the president said. ``Those who are in the fight know better.''

[stepnw1f]

1. Fucking Chickenhawk Coward Himself

ordering real men and women to fight for his cronies to make a profit at the expense of their own blood.

[BlueManDude]

it's a straw man they're setting up

get out right this second versus facing down the terrorists.


an orderly and carefully planned troup withdrawal is what rational people are talking about.

[wtmusic]

2. Keep it up, chimpy

WAY out on the limb...just a little farther... *snap*

[tulsakatz]

12. he's only hurting himself.......

....if he continues with this 'stay the course' BS, NO ONE will support him again!!

Republicans are already seeing the importance of distancing themselves from Bush due to the lack of public support.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. " victory our brave troops have fought and bled for"

Are we waiting for a formal surrender by somebody? A ceremony? Why doesn't somebody ask what "victory" is supposed to mean?

Victory means permanent bases with 200,000 hapless GIs stationed forever.

[Kashka-Kat]

7. exactly--- WHAT VICTORY?

[stray cat]

4. Bush's incompetence has created this mess

[truthisfreedom]

6. THAT is the mantra we must repeat. it's the incompetence, stupid!

bush himself said "you can't win the war on terror."

[Solly Mack]

5. He's got a lot of gall talking about "those in the fight"

since his cowardly ass never faces danger - never has and never will

It's so easy for those not risking anything to talk about how the sacrifice is worth it.

If that man gets away with his cold blooded murder of Iraqis and soldiers alike - well,let's just say I don't know how any American will be able to hold their head up if he does.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. Get away? Karma is a terrible thing especially for the ones who

can't seem to see the error of their own ways. Keep it up chumpy, yours is comin... the gods may be crazy but they're not stupid.

[Solly Mack]

14. I don't deal in the justice of gods - I deal only in the justice of

people. If our country can't hold him accountable, then he will get away with it.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

15. Then you will have national karma... .much much worse.

I have turned off my signature line due to high traffic.

[BlueManDude]

18. He hid behind the "military votes" in 2000 and he's still doing it n/t

[Solly Mack]

21. Yes - votes they lied about, if I may add

[cliss]

23. Bush had better be damn ready

to fight for his war every day, all day. The long knives are out for Bush. It's going to be a huge battle. People have understood that this is a losing proposition.

Including the people who made the decisions. I've read several articles which would be from people "in the know" that just about everyone has soured on this war. This includes big players, real heavyweights who see this war as unwinnable.

There is simply no winning. Bush keeps screeching that we're going to 'stay the course" "keep fighting until we have victory", but he doesn't say what that victory will be.

Bush simply doesn't have the strength to fight them all. He's got 2 wards going on: the war in Iraq, and the war to keep fighting.

[Solly Mack]

27. That actually made me feel better

thank you!

[madrchsod]

8. who the fuck cares what he thinks

no one in the civilized world believe anything he says. the majority of the citizens in this country do not believe him. the world does not care about him anymore and we don`t care about him anymore.
we are no longer the beacon of justice and hope in this world and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

[babylonsister]

9. Think how embarrassing this must be for him, being in a

foreign country and being pummeled with questions about his competence and decisions. :applause: :woohoo: :rofl:

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. Maybe he'll lose it, become unhinged, hold his breath till he turns blue.

:yoiks: Go stark raving mad. :crazy: We all know how much he hates criticism. :evilgrin: Personally, I hope he's good and embarrassed among foreign Leaders in foreign countries whose citizens are protesting him, one right after the other! :rofl:

[Cha]

26. In as much as sociopaths can

be "embarrassed"..he ain't seen nothin' yet. I read the Asians are incredibly polite and wouldn't think of bringing up his plummeting poll numbers at home as he tries to order them about.

[stray cat]

11. Americans call for a plan and a measure of competence!

[pinto]

13. Anyone else notice how marginal Bush has become? It may just be the

recent vacations and the foriegn junkets, but other than a few photo ops and a few canned phrases, it sure seems he's not in the picture...

Just wondering.

[babylonsister]

22. That's prolly because lately, no one pays attention when he

opens his yap. It's getting real old hearing the same old stuff. Even MSM cuts him off mid-speech.

[Megahurtz]

16. "Those who are in the fight know better"

Bullshit!
I know a guy that fought in Iraq and he told me about the shit that's going on over there.
Bullshit!

[Ms. Clio]

19. The mission was supposedly "completed" a year and a half ago, Chimperor

You disgusting piece of filth.

[TheBaldyMan]

20. la la la i'm not listening

Every time GW opens his mouth nowadays it illustrates how blinded he has become.

[babylonsister]

24. Welcome to DU, TBM! nt

[TheBaldyMan]

43. thank for the welcome sis n/t

[Cha]

25. Well, that shoots down hitchens sniveling

little argument that bush wanted a time table all along, doesn't it?

the bushits want to stay in Iraq forever..that's why they'll try to bury Murtha and we can't let that happen. bush needs to get buried from the Blowback.

[ladjf]

28. No shiite.

[pinniped]

29. Monkeyboy has been watching Braveheart again.

This sounds like Robert the Bruce right before the last battle of the movie.

--our brave troops have fought and bled for--

[strizi64]

30. ``Those who are in the fight know better.'' - fucking AWOL / nt

[DeepModem Mom]

31. Iraq: We stay in fight, says Bush (speech to Korea troops, Dem rebuttal)

CNN: Iraq: We stay in fight, says Bush
Saturday, November 19, 2005; Posted: 8:48 a.m. EST


"We stay on until victory:" Bush addresses U.S. troops at Osan air base, South Korea.


BUSAN, South Korea (CNN) -- In a speech before U.S. troops who stand watch along the Korean frontier, President Bush on Saturday offered his latest rebuttal to Democratic calls to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, vowing to "stay in the fight until we have achieved the victory our brave troops have fought for."

"In Washington, there are some who say that the sacrifice is too great, and they urge us to set a date for withdrawal before we have completed our mission," Bush said Saturday. "Those who are in the fight know better."

"So long as I am commander-in-chief, our strategy in Iraq will be driven by the sober judgment of our military commanders on the ground," he said, adding that U.S. troops are "making steady progress" in training Iraqi forces to defend their country.

"As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down," he said.

The president also made the argument that the U.S. operation in Iraq is part of "our work for peace and freedom," which involves "great sacrifice by our troops."...


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/19/iraq.bush/index.html

[panader0]

32. Bush is afraid to admit to the nation and to himself that he has

the blood of all of our men and women, and that of so many Iraqis on his hands.

[gademocrat7]

33. Another photo op for shrub

How pathetic. There is no victory. He needs to be impeached. How many more will die?

[GrantDem]

34. Another chance for the shrub to exploit the military

I think that the political stunt pulled by the repukes last night is going to blow up in their collective face big time. The shrub's poll numbers will go even lower right along with the support for his war.

Thank you Rep. Murtha

[rodeodance]

38. how true (and sad).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. How will we know when we've won?

Nobody seems to want to define what "victory" in Iraq is. When will the mission be accomplished? Murtha says it already has been: Saddam Hussein is no longer in power and we found all the WMDs he had (namely none). So why are we still there? To secure the oil? To be sure that the puppet government we want stays in power? What's the goal? Do we just stay for another eight years or so until the last helicopter flies off the roof of the embassy in Baghdad? So then somebody can build another black wall in a park where another 58,000 names can be written?

[Danmel]

36. I'm so tired of him using our troops as props

Making them stand behind him implying they support what he's saying. Maybe they do, maybe they don't but they have no choice but to stand there behind him if ordered to do so. It is sickening.

[truthisfreedom]

37. he's dressed like Castro, speaking to a country we saved from Communism.

good luck, junior. you schmuck.

[leesa]

39. Americans are not the brightest bulbs, but even THEY are figuring out that

you can't defeat 'terrorism' by invading arbitrary countries and waging wars against 'it'.
Keep it up George, you're the best anti-war message going right now.

[Barkley]

41. Blair and his followers are duller

Bush's excuse is that he's just plain incompetent!
Tony Blair is worse; he listened to and followed a known idiot.
he really is George Bush's poodle.

What a dog-gone shame!

[0007]

40. Woodward will write a fluff column convincing the sheep to

take heed at Thanksgiving time and be grateful that the terrorist aren't over here. Wink, wink - Actually Bob should read "No Man Is An Island" to junior and explain the story to him.

[natrat]

42. stay the course and

slowly watch our army get cut down like sitting ducks in a bullshit war