he said it right, i'm not going to try to make new words out of it...
Anyone listening to or watching this debate, who thinks that George Bush is making a competent argument on his behalf, is absolutely deaf, or brain dead. John Kerry has filled me with hope tonight as he proffers cogent, well constructed, and eloquently articulated arguments. George Bush is flailing. He stammers, he stutters, he appears very much on the defensive. Every point he manages to eek out only gets torn down in the next minute by his inarticulate methods of communication. Did I say inarticulate? I mean "folksy". People like folksy!
Perhaps it's a matter of my own opinion, but it seems to me that George Bush is resorting to deceitful and disingenuous tactics to put himself up. He's accusing Kerry of undercutting our troops by not rallying around our war in Iraq. That is low, and more importantly, bullshit. I don't think wishing we'd taken a different route in Iraq means you're undercutting the troops. I think that's indicative of someone who feels great sympathy for the 1052 troops who have died, and the thousands who have been horrifically wounded in Iraq. War is ugly, and I understand that. War will always cost people their lives. When faced with a grave threat, and a horrific, apparent threat, that cost must be begrudgingly paid. However, we're fighting a war that was launched on inaccurate intelligence. We're now fighting a war for reasons entirely different than why we went in there in the first place. We're now fighting a war of liberation. Liberation was not our motivation. Liberation was not what sold some of the American public on this war (including me). Yes, Saddam Hussein was a horrible leader, but it cannot be our job to unseat leaders like him. Perhaps it should be, but I think we ought to question why some leaders (worthy of holding in disdain equal to the contempt we keep for Saddam Hussein) are targeted and toppled, while others are not even brought under the simplest scrutiny.
Bush keeps saying that he can't waver on the Iraq war, simply because it'd cause the soldiers to question what they're fighting for, as well as their allegiance to Bush. OH MY GOD. I understand our soldiers have to be counted on to do what they're told, but that can only go so far. The American people, especially the ones fighting for us, should be constantly questioning our policies. As a rule, Americans should be far better informed than they are. We're traipsing around a desert to spread democracy, and we can't even be bothered to exercise our right to it at home. That's fucking ridiculous. What's more ridiculous is that our soldiers are being lead by a leader who doesn't want them to question their mission at all. Blind allegiance will NOT serve as sound policy, sorry to anyone who thinks otherwise; that's a foolish viewpoint to hold. -alex capasso
Perhaps it's a matter of my own opinion, but it seems to me that George Bush is resorting to deceitful and disingenuous tactics to put himself up. He's accusing Kerry of undercutting our troops by not rallying around our war in Iraq. That is low, and more importantly, bullshit. I don't think wishing we'd taken a different route in Iraq means you're undercutting the troops. I think that's indicative of someone who feels great sympathy for the 1052 troops who have died, and the thousands who have been horrifically wounded in Iraq. War is ugly, and I understand that. War will always cost people their lives. When faced with a grave threat, and a horrific, apparent threat, that cost must be begrudgingly paid. However, we're fighting a war that was launched on inaccurate intelligence. We're now fighting a war for reasons entirely different than why we went in there in the first place. We're now fighting a war of liberation. Liberation was not our motivation. Liberation was not what sold some of the American public on this war (including me). Yes, Saddam Hussein was a horrible leader, but it cannot be our job to unseat leaders like him. Perhaps it should be, but I think we ought to question why some leaders (worthy of holding in disdain equal to the contempt we keep for Saddam Hussein) are targeted and toppled, while others are not even brought under the simplest scrutiny.
Bush keeps saying that he can't waver on the Iraq war, simply because it'd cause the soldiers to question what they're fighting for, as well as their allegiance to Bush. OH MY GOD. I understand our soldiers have to be counted on to do what they're told, but that can only go so far. The American people, especially the ones fighting for us, should be constantly questioning our policies. As a rule, Americans should be far better informed than they are. We're traipsing around a desert to spread democracy, and we can't even be bothered to exercise our right to it at home. That's fucking ridiculous. What's more ridiculous is that our soldiers are being lead by a leader who doesn't want them to question their mission at all. Blind allegiance will NOT serve as sound policy, sorry to anyone who thinks otherwise; that's a foolish viewpoint to hold. -alex capasso