What, why? ....stupid.
Saying that "there are many challenges yet to come" in the war in Iraq and that more violence could be expected in the weeks and months ahead, President George W. Bush told American military troops around the world Wednesday that "I will not yield and neither will the leaders of Iraq."
Bush made his remarks at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, less than two weeks before the United States is to transfer limited sovereignty back to Iraq. His speech was broadcast via satellite to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and carried by Armed Forces Radio to troops around the world.
"The defense of our country, the security of our friends and the peace of the world depend on you," Bush told the thousands of uniformed men and women surrounding him at MacDill, and others who could be seen on two giant screens from Afghanistan and Iraq, who were watching the president and cheering him.
"I thank you on behalf of a grateful nation," he said. The president spoke at MacDill because it is the home of the United States Central Command, the headquarters of combat troops in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. Bush had last visited MacDill in March 2003, when the war in Iraq was less than a week old. The president then had wide national support for sending the troops into combat, and at the time of his visit, about two dozen Americans soldiers had died in the war. Today, the casualty toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has surpassed 800, and American support for the war has waned, according to national opinion polls that also show that Bush's re-election effort is being hurt by the lingering conflict. Bush's presumed Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry, has stepped up his criticism of the president's failure to attract more global support before he went to war in Iraq. At a fund-raiser Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, Kerry said Bush had been wrong about prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and wrong about Iraqi links to the Al Qaeda network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, The Associated Press reported. "The U.S. should never go to war because it wants to," Kerry said. "The U.S. should only go to war because it has to. This president failed the test in Iraq. When it comes to war and peace, I will tell the truth to the American people." In his remarks Wednesday, Bush was upbeat in his message to the troops, and about his commitment to stay the course, even as criticism of the war grows at home. "Because America and our allies acted, one of the most brutal, evil regimes is gone forever," he said. "America is safer because Saddam Hussein sits in a prison cell." Nevertheless, as many in the armed forces grow weary of their stays being extended in what was to have been a short-lived mission, Bush let them know that their work may not soon be over. "When our forces were bringing down the dictator and his regime, I said here at MacDill that our work would not end with the liberation of Iraq," he said. He added: "Many of you have faced long deployments, sometimes longer than you expected. You missed your families; your families miss you. Some of you have lost comrades, good men and women you will never forget, and America will never forget them, either." He told the troops that by sending forces to Afghanistan and Iraq, "you are giving people an alternative to bitterness and hatred." On Tuesday, the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, visited with Bush in Washington and said Afghanistan would hold its first democratic election in September. The week before, the newly appointed president of Iraq, Ghazi al-Yawar, was in Washington to express "his gratitude for the sacrifices of the American people and our troops," Bush said. The two leaders, Bush said, recognize that the American troops "have come not to conquer but to liberate people" and that "we will stand with them until their freedom is secure." Bush warned the troops that it would take time to get Iraq back on its feet. He told them that in 1947, two years after the Nazi surrender, "there was still starvation in Germany." "Reconstruction seemed to be faltering," he said. "The Marshall Plan had not yet begun." He continued: "Some questioned whether a free and stable Germany could emerge from the rubble." Because the Allies persevered, he said, "Germany became the stable, successful, great nation that it is today." The road to Iraq's independence will be rough because of the presence of terrorists, he said, who are "the enemies of a peaceful future in Iraq." He called the terrorists betrayers of Iraq's future. "The traitors will be defeated. Their greatest fear is an Iraqi government of, by and for the Iraqi people. And no matter what the terrorists plan, no matter what they attempt, a democratic, free Iraq is on the way."
...Does anyone think this is wrong? It is more or less like a battle of whos the better spokesperson between our beloved Bush and his rival Kerry. Balls, I fucking want to just leave Amerika. I hate being stuck here in Amerika, Canada is way more better, so I hear.
(by the way, I spelt "America", "Amerika" this way on purpose.)
Bush made his remarks at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, less than two weeks before the United States is to transfer limited sovereignty back to Iraq. His speech was broadcast via satellite to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and carried by Armed Forces Radio to troops around the world.
"The defense of our country, the security of our friends and the peace of the world depend on you," Bush told the thousands of uniformed men and women surrounding him at MacDill, and others who could be seen on two giant screens from Afghanistan and Iraq, who were watching the president and cheering him.
"I thank you on behalf of a grateful nation," he said. The president spoke at MacDill because it is the home of the United States Central Command, the headquarters of combat troops in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. Bush had last visited MacDill in March 2003, when the war in Iraq was less than a week old. The president then had wide national support for sending the troops into combat, and at the time of his visit, about two dozen Americans soldiers had died in the war. Today, the casualty toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq has surpassed 800, and American support for the war has waned, according to national opinion polls that also show that Bush's re-election effort is being hurt by the lingering conflict. Bush's presumed Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry, has stepped up his criticism of the president's failure to attract more global support before he went to war in Iraq. At a fund-raiser Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, Kerry said Bush had been wrong about prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and wrong about Iraqi links to the Al Qaeda network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, The Associated Press reported. "The U.S. should never go to war because it wants to," Kerry said. "The U.S. should only go to war because it has to. This president failed the test in Iraq. When it comes to war and peace, I will tell the truth to the American people." In his remarks Wednesday, Bush was upbeat in his message to the troops, and about his commitment to stay the course, even as criticism of the war grows at home. "Because America and our allies acted, one of the most brutal, evil regimes is gone forever," he said. "America is safer because Saddam Hussein sits in a prison cell." Nevertheless, as many in the armed forces grow weary of their stays being extended in what was to have been a short-lived mission, Bush let them know that their work may not soon be over. "When our forces were bringing down the dictator and his regime, I said here at MacDill that our work would not end with the liberation of Iraq," he said. He added: "Many of you have faced long deployments, sometimes longer than you expected. You missed your families; your families miss you. Some of you have lost comrades, good men and women you will never forget, and America will never forget them, either." He told the troops that by sending forces to Afghanistan and Iraq, "you are giving people an alternative to bitterness and hatred." On Tuesday, the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, visited with Bush in Washington and said Afghanistan would hold its first democratic election in September. The week before, the newly appointed president of Iraq, Ghazi al-Yawar, was in Washington to express "his gratitude for the sacrifices of the American people and our troops," Bush said. The two leaders, Bush said, recognize that the American troops "have come not to conquer but to liberate people" and that "we will stand with them until their freedom is secure." Bush warned the troops that it would take time to get Iraq back on its feet. He told them that in 1947, two years after the Nazi surrender, "there was still starvation in Germany." "Reconstruction seemed to be faltering," he said. "The Marshall Plan had not yet begun." He continued: "Some questioned whether a free and stable Germany could emerge from the rubble." Because the Allies persevered, he said, "Germany became the stable, successful, great nation that it is today." The road to Iraq's independence will be rough because of the presence of terrorists, he said, who are "the enemies of a peaceful future in Iraq." He called the terrorists betrayers of Iraq's future. "The traitors will be defeated. Their greatest fear is an Iraqi government of, by and for the Iraqi people. And no matter what the terrorists plan, no matter what they attempt, a democratic, free Iraq is on the way."
...Does anyone think this is wrong? It is more or less like a battle of whos the better spokesperson between our beloved Bush and his rival Kerry. Balls, I fucking want to just leave Amerika. I hate being stuck here in Amerika, Canada is way more better, so I hear.
(by the way, I spelt "America", "Amerika" this way on purpose.)