Bush Radio: "The terrorists' objective is to break the will of America"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The military track of our strategy is to defeat the terrorists and continue helping Iraqis take greater responsibility for defending their freedom. The images we see on television are a grim reminder that the enemies of freedom in Iraq are ruthless killers with no regard for human life. The killers include members of Saddam Hussein's regime, criminal elements and foreign terrorists. The terrorists know that Iraq is a central front in the war on terror, because they know that a stable and democratic Iraq will deal a severe blow to their ideology of oppression and fear.

The terrorists' objective is to break the will of America and of the Iraqi people before democracy can take root. Insurgents have tried to achieve that goal before. Two years ago, they tried to intimidate the Iraqi Governing Council -- and failed. Last year, they tried to delay the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq -- and failed. This year, they tried to stop the free Iraqi elections -- and failed. Now the terrorists are trying to undermine the new government and intimidate Iraqis from joining the growing Iraqi security forces.

Yet democracy is moving forward, and more and more Iraqis are defying the terrorists by joining the democratic process. Our military strategy is clear: We will train Iraqi security forces so they can defend their freedom and protect their people, and then our troops will return home with the honor they have earned.

The political track of our strategy is to continue helping Iraqis build the institutions of a stable democracy. The Iraqi people have taken landmark steps by voting in free elections and forming a representative government. Prime Minister Jaafari has assured me that his government is committed to meeting its deadline to draft a new constitution for a free Iraq. Then the constitution will be submitted to the Iraqi people for approval, and new elections will be held to choose a fully constitutional government.

These are monumental tasks for the new democracy of Iraq -- and the free world will continue to stand behind the Iraqi people. This past week, more than 80 countries and international organizations came together in Brussels to discuss how to help Iraqis provide for their security and rebuild their country. And next month, donor countries will meet in Jordan to discuss Iraqi reconstruction.

Our nation's mission in Iraq is difficult, and we can expect more tough fighting in the weeks and months ahead. Yet I am confident in the outcome. The Iraqi people are growing in optimism and hope. They understand that the violence is only a part of the reality in Iraq. Each day, Iraqis are exercising new freedoms that they were denied for decades. Schools, hospitals, roads, and post offices are being built to serve the needs of all Iraqis. Increasing numbers of Iraqis are overcoming their fears and working actively to defeat the insurgents. And every Iraqi who chooses the side of freedom has chosen the winning side.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050625.html

[Jack Rabbit]

1. The enemies of freedom

(T)he enemies of freedom in Iraq are ruthless killers with no regard for human life.

Can you say projection, Frat Boy? Without mangling the word?

[MissWaverly]

5. It is Bush's goal to break the will of the America people

It is his on-going goal and all his efforts are towards that end, whether it's to raid social security for his global war machine, to shutting down Walter Reed Hospital, to cutting VA benefits, to destroying the middle class by exempting the rich from their share of the tax burden of running this country, to denying African Americans the right to vote in the 2004 presidential election, the list is endless

[Desertrose]

2. does anyone really believe his "spewage'??

Lies spew forth from his mouth in the same way most people exhale CO2.

[punpirate]

3. Dare I say how much I long for...

... an intrepid reporter to ask Bush the following hypothetical question: "Let us just say that another country, or a coalition of countries, decided it was in the best interests of the world to invade the United States for the purposes of regime change--to remove you as leader and bring you to trial for war crimes--and return the US to truly democratic rule and prevent it from dominating the world for ill purpose; what would you do, sir?"

`Nuff said.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Mr. Punpirate, let me just try to answer that, if I may

EDITED for typing

The enemies of freedom are out to destroy us. One of the ways they do this is to say that we are the repressing very people that we liberate. The United States is a democracy and has always been a democracy, so any statement about restoring democracy is just off the mark. Now it's true that democracy is not a perfect form of government and I've tried to make some vital reforms in it during my administration. A good example of that is the Patriot Act, which I would like to urge Congress again to make permanent and to further strengthenate it by giving me more necessary powers to protect our freedom. You can't have a stable democracy without the government being on the watch for the enemies of freedom in our public libraries and on the Internet.

Another way that the enemies of freedom try to destroy us is to say I have some kind of ill purpose or some design for world domination. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have no desire for the US government to dominate the world. I've sent troops into Iraq and then put Mr. Bremer in charge so he could turn Iraq over to be dominated by talented American businessmen who have a proven track record of success. They run things much better than any government would. That's what freedom is about. And they do what's best for the Iraqi people by keeping all that clean water and electricity going -- it's going to be going any day now, just you see -- and so, by letting our businesses make profits by doing what is best for the Iraqi people, how is that an ill purpose?

And then this nonsense about war crimes. I'm so tired of that. The American people have got to know that their president is not a war criminal. I am not a war criminal. How can I be a war criminal? The great thing about being president in this great democracy, which I hope to improve by enhacing the Patriot Act, is that I get to say who's a criminal and who isn't and I say that I am not a war criminal and that should settle that.

I'll take the next question. Jeff, glad to see you back.

[punpirate]

7. To which only the most...

... daring of reporters would say, on follow-up, "sir, are you as full of shit as a Christmas turkey? And, you didn't answer the question. What would you do if we were invaded with the purpose of regime change--to remove you and rid the world of the danger associated with the weapons of mass destruction at your disposal?"

:P

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Well, that's an easy one

You see, unlike Saddam, I really have weapons of mass destruction. Now, I knew it was safe to go in and disarm Saddam because he didn't have any of the weapons that our intelligence reports said he had after the CIA's analysts wrote them according to Vice President Cheney's new guidelines that were laid down at that time for the purpose of going into Iraq and defending freedom because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to defend freedom like I did.

Now, if Saddam really had weapons of mass destruction that we knew he didn't have but our intelligence reports said he had, he would have used them. That is what the leader of a nation would do if he possessed weapons of mass destruction and had an invading army at his border. He'd use them.

And that is what I will do. I will defend my freedom against the enemies of freedom by using my weapons mass destruction against the rest of the world, if necessary, and thereby spread democracy to the rest of world at the same time.

[punpirate]

10. And, Helen Thomas would say...

... "but, Mr. President, you still didn't answer the question. What would you do if we were invaded to put you in jail because you were a danger to the world?"

{Sounds of scuffling as Helen is dragged off for questioning and deportation to her birth state of Syria for torture....}

[Jack Rabbit]

12. Go ahead, Jeff.

Just let me sign this executive order revoking Helen's citizenship and declaring her an illegal combatant first. This is a democracy and the people elected me to defend my freedom.

[punpirate]

13. Uh, Mr. President...

... how's your golf these days? Still able to line up the hole for the big stroke?

[gulliver]

4. OK. But let's look see some numbers on this, George.

We've had a lot of this "speechifying." Are there any hard facts Bush can point to or is it just going to be hot air? Bush speeches are thin gruel if you like facts over high-sounding blather.

I loved the "weeks and months" phrase. He couldn't say "years." It has already been years. I guess if Bush said we were looking at more years of trouble (death, expense, danger) from Iraq it would take some of the zing out of the whole speech.

[are_we_united_yet]

9. "The terrorists' objective is to break the will of America"

and thats my Administration's job damnit.

[Justpat]

11. What a crock.

What would the boy king know about a stable democracy?

This makes me sputter with rage. He says that the images on TV
are a grim reminder that the "enemies of freedom" in Iraq are
ruthless killers with no regard for human life. This from the
man who executed more people than any other Governor in the US
during his time as Governor. This from the guy who started the
war on a lie and sent our country's young to die for it. This from
the monster who has headed his party's all out assault on anyone
who disagrees with him.

This bastard claims that freedom is moving forward in Iraq even
as it is being squashed here and anyone with the balls to disagree
with him is labeled a traitor.

As he continues to build a stable democracy in Iraq maybe the
American people will awake from their slumber and begin the same
process here.

I can't stand it anymore.

[C_U_L8R]

14. Blah blah blah

Poor George is stuck in a rut
(and an endless loop of soundbites).

Does the man ever speak off-script?
Like an original thought, pondering, doubt?
Maybe an honest self-appraisal?
The man's pathetic.

[MaryBear]

15. Well, uh,. . . . thank you C_U_L8R

As a matter of fact . . . I often off-speak script . . . but I never doubt! Presidents don't doubt! And I'm President. That's my self-pathetic, and I'm appraised. I'm appraised because I'm president. So. . . nah nah nah to you. (Oops I lost the channel guys. Will you get rid of these idiots?)

[ray of light]

16. No...that would be the intention of Bush and the Republican majority

That's why we must fight "boots to the ground!" locally! That's why they steal elections, steal the media, play endless mindless crap, and why they pass bills in the middle of the night.

[Poiuyt]

17. Sorry George, my "will" was never to invade Iraq