Bush: "vague, endless deployments is the swift solvent of morale"

[DesEtoiles]

Speaker: President George W. Bush
Title: A Period of Consequences
Location: The Citadel - Charleston, SC
Date: 09/23/1999

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But our military requires more than good treatment. It needs the rallying point of a defining mission. And that mission is to deter wars - and win wars when deterrence fails. Sending our military on vague, aimless and endless deployments is the swift solvent of morale.

As president, I will order an immediate review of our overseas deployments - in dozens of countries. The longstanding commitments we have made to our allies are the strong foundation of our current peace. I will keep these pledges to defend friends from aggression. The problem comes with open-ended deployments and unclear military missions. In these cases we will ask, "What is our goal, can it be met, and when do we leave?" As I've said before, I will work hard to find political solutions that allow an orderly and timely withdrawal from places like Kosovo and Bosnia. We will encourage our allies to take a broader role. We will not be hasty. But we will not be permanent peacekeepers, dividing warring parties. This is not our strength or our calling.

[Submariner]

1. This is just another instance in a long line of instances

where our mental-midget-in-chief just reads what is put down in front of him on his que cards. He has no idea what he is doing, never has, never will.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

3. Cue Cards

Queue is a line. Cue is the hollywood line/refresh your memory word.

[CrispyQ]

5. Submariner,

I love your sig line! Your ASCII fish is great!!

:hi:

[CrispyQ]

2. ???

"The longstanding commitments we have made to our allies are the strong foundation of our current peace."

Isn't this the guy who goes on national tv every other week or so to remind us that we're a country at war & that he is a war president, & that our vigilance against terrorists will last decades?

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

4. The statement is from 1999

I think the point is to show the hypocrisy, stupidity, ignorance and "I don't give a shit" mentality of W.

[CrispyQ]

6. opps!

Missed that! :blush: