Bush offers Democrats olive branch on Iraq war

[rodeodance]

when he starts to pull back on the war in Iraq--------that would be maybe an olive branch. Stupid headline!



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070203/ts_alt_afp/usiraqpolitics_070203224414;_ylt=Ajo2HSFTFJfBXBIrA3HtX93MWM0F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

Bush offers Democrats olive branch on Iraq war

21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A day after US intelligence painted a grim picture of
President George W. Bush's plan for
Iraq, Bush asked Democrats for bipartisan cooperation to end the war.


Gone was Bush's insistence upon being "the decider" on Iraq policy as he addressed Democrats of the House of Representatives which, like the Senate, is under Democratic control largely thanks to voter impatience with Bush's wartime performance.

..........

"I listened to many members here. I listened to members of my own party. I listened to the military and came up with a plan that I genuinely believe has the best chance of succeeding," he told the Democrats meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, south of Washington.

However, Bush did not mention the centerpiece of his new war plan: the addition of 21,500 new troops to US forces in Iraq. Most Democrats and even some members of Bush's Republican Party appear poised to adopt a non-binding resolution next week opposing the troop "surge."

[truthisfreedom]

1. bush's words mean nothing to anyone at this point.

The man's mouth spews excrement.

[quiet.american]

2. Truer headline: "Bush offers Democrats more bullshit on Iraq war" n/t

[fooj]

3. What's with Yahoo? Didn't they get the memo?

21,500 has grown to 35,000-48,000! Assholes. Will they EVER get it right?

As for Little Lord Pissypants...TOO LATE you rat bastard. Every word you spew is a lie. Go ahead. Prove me wrong.

[Benhurst]

4. And our "leaders" gave him a platform and sat there politely listening

to that bullshit.

The next time Bush wants to share his views on the Iraq Invasion, let him tell it to the judges at the World Court in the Hague at his war crimes trial.

[fooj]

6. Amen to that!

[Mz Pip]

5. No matter what he says

one only has to look at what he does to see just how disingenuous his words are. All this means is "I'll pretend to listen and do it my way no matter what you say or do."


Bush never listened, ever. He'd like to not have to deal with the embarrassment of the non-binding resolution. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, he'll have to deal with a binding one - like the cutting of funding.

Bush only cares about looking good. So he'll make nice for 5 minutes, then have his henchmen complain that the Democrats aren't cooperating in the spirit of bipartisanship that is so important to him. :eyes: Why anyone would believe anything he says is beyond me.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[humbled_opinion]

24. Why haven't the impeachment proceedings started yet?

Clinton lied to protect a private family matter and was immediately impeached by the House of Representatives. Bush lie cost the country countless dead and Billions of $'s and he goes before the majority and cracks jokes... What country am I in?

[rwenos]

7. Fool Me Once . . .

If ANYONE in the Democratic leadership trusts the slightest utterance coming from that phony piece of crap's mouth . . . they deserve what they get.

I can't believe anyone on the Democratic side is even considering Chimpie's latest lies, other than as political window dressing.

Come, little subpoena. Come this way, honey.

[Downtown Hound]

8. What a ridiculous headline

Bush has always used the tactic of offering an olive branch in one hand and a switch blade in the other for the fool who reaches out and takes it. "Can't get fooled again," you once said, Mr. Bush. It's the only true thing you ever said.

[CoffeeCat]

9. When the evil, murdering, blackmailing...

...strongarming, bullying and general obnoxious behavior--didn't get him anywhere--Junior
decides to feign nicey-nice.

TELL HIM TO EAT HOT DEATH ON A STICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[INdemo]

10. Why waste so much time on a NON binding resolution?

Just doesn't make any sense..

[MGKrebs]

19. I know. It's very curious.

There are Republicans threatening to fillibuster the non-binding resolution. What's that about? This seems to have more meaning than we would assume.

[knight_of_the_star]

25. It's highly symbolic

It will be the first time that Congress has officially told Bush they don't like what he's doing in Iraq. Granted it has no weight but it sets the tone and precedent. If Congress pushes this through, they will be able to go for more, like actually doing something.

[Nevernose]

22. It's all about reelection.

"See! I did something to stop the war! Forget that I helped start it in the first place, just remember the resolution!"

[teryang]

11. Did he apologize for not finding the anthrax mailer?

And then having the FBI destroy all the evidence?

[C_U_L8R]

12. Beware of shrubs bearing branches

contain thorns

[DinahMoeHum]

18. thorns. . .or poison ivy. . .

:evilfrown:

[screembloodymurder]

13. Bush is the great deceiver.

Why would they listen to a man who has stabbed them in the back a dozen times?

[HuffleClaw]

14. olive branch ????!!!!

a few crocodile tears aint gonna convince anyone.

[progressivebydesign]

15. He wants to beat them with it. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

16. Bush is a war criminal and he should be treated as such

instead of being welcomed as Neville Chamberlain welcomed Hitler.

[Miss Chybil]

17. "I listened to a bunch of people and did what I wanted to do, no matter what they said."

That is not an olive branch.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. OK, Frat Boy, here's the deal

You withdraw all troops from Iraq, resign from office and take the Big Dick with you, and we'll call it even.

[Acadia Blue]

21. Every word out of his mouth is suspect. He has lied so often that

he can not be trusted.

[Zorra]

23. He's going to give as much of our money to war profiteers as he

possibly can before he leaves office.

[Peace Patriot]

26. The stupid puppet has a finger on the red button, poised over Iran. They

need to keep this monster in their sights--and not let Cheney be his only chum. That's my read on Dem/Chimp lovefest. Far be it from me to be the apologist for Diebold/ES&S-(s)elected War/Corporate Democrats (some of them), or for any of the multi-millionaires in Congress, Democratic though they may be. I've blistered them often enough. But I think we've got a real touchy situation here, and I think we should give them some benefit of the doubt, with the end of all life on earth as one possible outcome of the Bush-Cheney madness on Iran.*

I would just slow the heck down on this one--and think about the difficulties of removing that finger from that button. There is no one who would more like to see that happen than me. But how?

Possibly the best way to go about it is exactly what they're doing--separating Bush from Cheney, giving Bush something of a "comfort zone," and waiting for the Fitzgerald indictment of Cheney for heading the conspiracy that destroyed the CIA's entire WMD counter-proliferation network. I think it could be coming, and, if not, by the conclusion of the Libby trail, the case against Cheney will be overwhelming (it's almost there already) and Fitzgerald may defer to Congress--let them take it from there. Without Cheney, Bush can't tie his shoes, let alone command a war. He will be minus his puppetmaster, and succumbing to ego-fantasies about his "legacy." And meanwhile, the replacement VP will be an issue.

I don't have a crystal ball. So I can't be sure. And I'm not saying "don't press them on impeachment" for both of these criminals, nor relax pressure in any way on ending the war and preventing its expansion to Iran. But I wouldn't just trash our reps, who have been in office only one month, and are immediately faced with a) the biggest Constitutional crisis in our history, and b) an out-of-control executive who is seriously saber-rattling against yet another country (and one that has done absolutely nothing to deserve bombing or invasion); and c) horrendous lack of clarity on who is in charge. The Middle East is a tinderbox. And so is Washington DC, in my opinion.



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*(Read Carl Sagan's "The Cold and the Dark," for the impacts to our atmosphere of even a limited use of nuclear weapons.)

[Peace Patriot]

27. See this post: Pelosi says (thru aide) no authority to Bush on Iran...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x123429