Comments on: Bush Speech Analysis (Part I) http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/ Politics 2.0 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dad http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Dad Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:54:59 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/#comment-1177 Less rank indignation and more constructive criticism would lend weight to opposition points of views This kind of posturing from those who proport to know better is the kind of thing one can expect from politicos when they have nothing to offer,seek the limelight to foster their political agendas, and are convinced that this is the kind of thing that sways public opinion. The worst case scenario is the rise of a fundamentalist Islamic state in what is now Iraq and all that might portend for western society. So far, the nay sayers have had nothing to offer with respect to that possibility. Less rank indignation and more constructive criticism would lend weight to opposition points of views This kind of posturing from those who proport to know better is the kind of thing one can expect from politicos when they have nothing to offer,seek the limelight to foster their political agendas, and are convinced that this is the kind of thing that sways public opinion.

The worst case scenario is the rise of a fundamentalist Islamic state in what is now Iraq and all that might portend for western society. So far, the nay sayers have had nothing to offer with respect to that possibility.

]]> By: Vince Williams http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Vince Williams Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:22:45 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/#comment-1173 "How about paying more attention to Afghanistan...?" Absolutely. Ask the troops in Afghanistan if they're looking for Bin Laden. The answer is a resounding no. Terrorists in Iraq weren't a problem until U.S. resources were diverted there. Too bad this administration will never be hauled before a real World Court. I'm betting that it will have to account for itself before the Universal Supreme Court of Spiritual Justice.. “How about paying more attention to Afghanistan…?”

Absolutely. Ask the troops in Afghanistan if they’re looking for Bin Laden.

The answer is a resounding no.

Terrorists in Iraq weren’t a problem until U.S. resources were diverted there.

Too bad this administration will never be hauled before a real World Court.

I’m betting that it will have to account for itself before the Universal Supreme Court of Spiritual Justice..

]]> By: Steve Levine http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Steve Levine Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:47:13 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/#comment-1172 Bush’s “new strategy� (really just a change in tactics!) is based on the hope that the Iraqi government will be willing and able to resolve the political differences that are at the heart of the country’s strife. There is not a shred of evidence to support his confidence in the al-Maliki government. And considering the lives already lost, and the potential for more of the same if the escalation takes place, “hope� is not a viable strategy. It is time to end this madness NOW! Bush’s “new strategy� (really just a change in tactics!) is based on the hope that the Iraqi government will be willing and able to resolve the political differences that are at the heart of the country’s strife.

There is not a shred of evidence to support his confidence in the al-Maliki government.

And considering the lives already lost, and the potential for more of the same if the escalation takes place, “hope� is not a viable strategy.

It is time to end this madness NOW!

]]> By: Steve Levine http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Steve Levine Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/bush-speech-analysis-part-i/#comment-1171 Bush’s speech was an insult and an outrage, and sets a new standard for chutzpah. After four years of monumental waste, mind-boggling incompetence and disastrous decisions – not to mention the thousands killed and maimed – all of which Bush acknowledges were HIS mistakes, by what twisted logic does �The Decider� think the American people can and should go along with his latest decision? He long ago forfeited his credibility as a leader capable of understanding the situation in Iraq and making rational judgments about America’s course of action. Instead, he has behaved like a spoiled child who must have his own way, who insists that he can’t be wrong, and who acts against the advice of the Iraq Study Group, the Generals on the ground, and most outrageously, against the will of the American people. That last insult is more typical of a dictatorship, not a democracy, and it’s why I believe Bush is not only delusional but psychologically damaged, and therefore unfit to be president. I take no pleasure in bashing this sorry man, but he has already dragged us into a horrible mess in Iraq, and seems determined to make matters worse by upping the stakes rather than ending this tragic and costly misadventure. Congress must use every tool at its disposal to prevent this escalation of a failed Iraq war and to bring it to a swift end before more lives are lost. Bush’s speech was an insult and an outrage, and sets a new standard for chutzpah.

After four years of monumental waste, mind-boggling incompetence and disastrous decisions – not to mention the thousands killed and maimed – all of which Bush acknowledges were HIS mistakes, by what twisted logic does �The Decider� think the American people can and should go along with his latest decision?

He long ago forfeited his credibility as a leader capable of understanding the situation in Iraq and making rational judgments about America’s course of action. Instead, he has behaved like a spoiled child who must have his own way, who insists that he can’t be wrong, and who acts against the advice of the Iraq Study Group, the Generals on the ground, and most outrageously, against the will of the American people.

That last insult is more typical of a dictatorship, not a democracy, and it’s why I believe Bush is not only delusional but psychologically damaged, and therefore unfit to be president.

I take no pleasure in bashing this sorry man, but he has already dragged us into a horrible mess in Iraq, and seems determined to make matters worse by upping the stakes rather than ending this tragic and costly misadventure.

Congress must use every tool at its disposal to prevent this escalation of a failed Iraq war and to bring it to a swift end before more lives are lost.

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