Transcript: OBAMA IRAQ Speech-March 19th

[SunsetDreams]

Just before America's entry into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war," he said. "...But the right is more precious than peace." Wilson's words captured two awesome responsibilities that test any Commander-in-Chief – to never hesitate to defend America, but to never go to war unless you must. War is sometimes necessary, but it has grave consequences, and the judgment to go to war can never be undone.

Five years ago today, President George W. Bush addressed the nation. Bombs had started to rain down on Baghdad. War was necessary, the President said, because the United States could not, "live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder." Recalling the pain of 9/11, he said the price of inaction in Iraq was to meet the threat with "armies of fire fighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities."

At the time the President uttered those words, there was no hard evidence that Iraq had those stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. There was not any evidence that Iraq was responsible for the attacks of September 11, or that Iraq had operational ties to the al Qaeda terrorists who carried them out. By launching a war based on faulty premises and bad intelligence, President Bush failed Wilson's test. So did Congress when it voted to give him the authority to wage war.

more here:http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fiveyearslaterspeech


This was excellent! A must read!

Fact sheet on Barack's plan here: http://obama.3cdn.net/36877a0c2d3f775f68_hauvmv61o.pdf

[LisaM]

1. So what's the topic for the Big Important Speech tomorrow?

:rofl:

[SunsetDreams]

3. substance just like this one which

took me more than 3 minutes to read

[LittleClarkie]

4. God forbid we should talk about the issues in this campaign

as opposed to the usual crapola.

[SunsetDreams]

5. no kidding lol

[FrenchieCat]

6. Rolling on the Floor laughing about WAR?

That reminds me of Bush. That's what he does.

[SunsetDreams]

7. You're right about that...

Bush said the war was a Romantic occasion for our troops in Iraq, which caused a lot of backlash by our Military when they heard it. He deserves the backlash!

One soldier said: Yeah it was romantic with me being away from my daughter, it was romantic seeing people killed, including buddies

[LisaM]

8. Hardly.

I just think anyone would run out of Big Topics after awhile.

[caledesi]

2. Economy. nt