Bush: " no one can be held accountable for Iraq war. That time is over"

[montana500]

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=298428


Bush says election ratified Iraq policy
'Accountability moment' has passed, president saysBy Jim VandeHei and Michael A. Fletcher

Updated: 11:33 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2005President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath.



"We had an accountability moment, and that's called the 2004 elections," Bush said in an interview with The Washington Post. "The American people listened to different assessments made about what was taking place in Iraq, and they looked at the two candidates, and chose me."

[Nikepallas]

1. THAT statement right their should have Everyone's inner alarm going off.

If the media (TV)does not cover this and make it into a story than I believe BUSHCO has the country exactly where it wants it.

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. King James I of England and VI of Scotland:

I conclude then this point touching the power of kings with this axiom of divinity, That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.

Republicans are Monarchists. But then again, War is Peace.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

14. Nice citation, Davis_X_Machina...

...if I believed that George I* of America read history, then I would conclude that he is purposely re-enacting history. However, I believe that he is ignorant and illiterate, therefore I must conclude that this kind of "thinking" is either a genetic deficiency, the result of bad upbringing or just yet another example of human fascistic tendencies.

Historians will be grading this, right? Please tell me that these fuckers won't be writing the history books.

Wrinkle in Time... who doesn't?

[latteromden]

3. I just said "What the hell is he thinking?" for the 5th time today in

reference to Bush. Good LORD.

[Disturbed]

8. People can protest about this..

but nothing will be done about the Silverspoon Sociopath with
notions that he is King George 11 of Amerika.

[GetTheRightVote]

4. Now I hope this information does take him down, that bast**d

How dare he treat it all so likely, like a few die people do not matter, he is no longer accountable to us is he, that bast**d had better watch it now, we are coming for you big boy and we are going to take you down big time, you son of a bit*h, your days are numbered, we are going to impeach you like no one has ever been impeached before, oh, I am so pissed off right now. Anyone who hears this or reads this and is not pissed off is just plain wrong.
We have to get his guy and it had better be soon.

:kick:

[GetTheRightVote]

5. Now I hope this information does take him down, that bast**d

How dare he treat it all so likely, like a few die people do not matter, he is no longer accountable to us is he, that bast**d had better watch it now, we are coming for you big boy and we are going to take you down big time, you son of a bit*h, your days are numbered, we are going to impeach you like no one has ever been impeached before, oh, I am so pissed off right now. Anyone who hears this or reads this and is not pissed off is just plain wrong.
We have to get his guy and it had better be soon.

:kick:

[DBoon]

6. General Pinochet is learning the hard way

that you are held accountable for your evil decades after the fact.

Bush will find himself in the same position.

[kodi]

7. the american people made their assement based upon bushevik lies

yet more doublethink from the party

[wtmusic]

9. He wouldn't be saying this if war crimes were not on the table

This constant posturing to justify the war is a good sign. He is being advised to take a strong stance of justification to try to ward off some impending threat of prosecution.

The threat is real.

[NYC]

16. Also to ward off questions.

He thinks if he tells people it is too late to question, they will just say okay.

History will not be kind to this monster.

[Gloria]

10. OK, Congress....what do you say to that?? Democrats? Anyone?

eom

[Disturbed]

13. Iran and Syria are within their rights ...

top launch a pre-emptive strike on Amerika. They have more reason than the lies that the Bush and his Juta spewed.

[saltpoint]

11. He's a uniter and not a divider, that Dubya.

We'll see who the historians hold accountable for the unprovoked assault on a sovereign nation.

You ordered it, you eat it.

[Straight Shooter]

12. Many bushies were still convinced of WMD before the "election"

Now we know (which many of us knew back then) that there were never any WMD anyway.

So what's with this "accountability" bullshit? Does the imbecile have a clue how many people voted for him because they thought he should clean up his own mess? I think those folks are going to be a wee bit pi**sed off now, to say the least.

He's basically saying it's all water under the bridge and he can get away with murder. This is a very very dangerous man.

[beam me up scottie]

15. I read the entire article and it sounds more like another episode

of verbal diarrhea. Some brilliant observations from blinky the wonderchimp:

"As for perhaps the most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden, the administration has so far been unsuccessful in its attempt to locate the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Asked why, Bush said, "Because he's hiding."

more

On the election Bush said he was puzzled that he received only about 11 percent of the black vote, according to exit polls, about a 2 percentage point increase over his 2000 total.

"I did my best to reach out, and I will continue to do so as the president," Bush said. "It's important for people to know that I'm the president of everybody.""

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6831621

[NYC]

19. Because he's hiding???

..."As for perhaps the most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden, the administration has so far been unsuccessful in its attempt to locate the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Asked why, Bush said, "Because he's hiding."

Does "smoke him out dead or alive" mean "when he surrenders, turns himself in"? Because he's hiding?

This is so unbelievable.

[LynnTheDem]

22. NOT MY president he sure as f*ck isn't!

What bush really means, of course, is that he is THE DICTATOR over everybody.

[beam me up scottie]

23. That's exactly how I understand it.

It's important for us to know he is god and if we forget that or get out of line, he will smite us.

[trezic]

17. Take W at his word

His real test comes with the elections. If they fail to produce the promised utopia, he is far more vulnerable than at any time previously. The proper response for Democrats at that point would be to call for a national unity government, like the US and Britain during WW2. Defense should be specifically demanded, as well as Treasury. If Bush rejects the call, which he'd be stupid to do, he cements the chaos as Republican and destroys his party's shot in 08. If he takes up the challenge, well, maybe America can be well served and Iraq can be stabilized.

[sakabatou]

18. Ruh-roh!

:tinfoilhat:

[Lexingtonian]

20. Well, see, George-

That was a preliminary judgment. Nixon got one of those too. It turned out not to be the final verdict....

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Just when I think ** can't make me any more disgusted....... n/t

[Skittles]

24. I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE VOTED FOR THAT PIECE OF SHIT

UN-F***ING-BELIEVABLE.

[AzDar]

25. He is CLEARLY out of his mind. Our very own Nero........n/t

[Q]

26. Bush also said he had a 'mandate' after losing the popular vote in 2000...

...having his friends on the SC install him into office.

This is the mentality of an immature child. Elections and votes have nothing to do with accountability for illegal wars. This statement makes it sound as if he wants 'start overs' and for everyone to forget that he lied this nation to war AND has committed WAR CRIMES since then.

It may work this way in YOUR world, prince George...but not in the reality based world where the rest of us dwell.

[Ms_Mary]

27. I'm nauseated. The man thinks nothing can stop him.

[jarab]

28. The "accountability moment" for RMN was 1972? 1974? Accounted. eom

...O...

[snippy]

29. How bizarre. And yet his followers are unquestioning. n/t