All of last night's 9/11 references, assembled from the W.H. transcript

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Burn, baby, BURN.



The troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. The war reached our shores on September the 11th, 2001. The terrorists who attacked us -- and the terrorists we face -- murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. Their aim is to remake the Middle East in their own grim image of tyranny and oppression -- by toppling governments, by driving us out of the region, and by exporting terror.

To achieve these aims, they have continued to kill -- in Madrid, Istanbul, Jakarta, Casablanca, Riyadh, Bali, and elsewhere. The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent, and with a few hard blows they can force us to retreat. They are mistaken. After September the 11th, I made a commitment to the American people: This nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom. We will take the fight to the enemy.

The lesson of this experience is clear: The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom. The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September the 11th, if we abandon the Iraqi people to men like Zarqawi, and if we yield the future of the Middle East to men like Bin Laden. For the sake of our nation's security, this will not happen on my watch.

We have more work to do, and there will be tough moments that test America's resolve. We're fighting against men with blind hatred -- and armed with lethal weapons -- who are capable of any atrocity. They wear no uniform; they respect no laws of warfare or morality. They take innocent lives to create chaos for the cameras. They are trying to shake our will in Iraq, just as they tried to shake our will on September the 11th, 2001. They will fail. The terrorists do not understand America. The American people do not falter under threat, and we will not allow our future to be determined by car bombers and assassins.

Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war. Many terrorists who kill innocent men, women, and children on the streets of Baghdad are followers of the same murderous ideology that took the lives of our citizens in New York, in Washington, and Pennsylvania. There is only one course of action against them: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home. The commander in charge of coalition operations in Iraq -- who is also senior commander at this base -- General John Vines, put it well the other day. He said: "We either deal with terrorism and this extremism abroad, or we deal with it when it comes to us."

After September the 11th, 2001, I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult, and that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult -- and we are prevailing. Our enemies are brutal, but they are no match for the United States of America, and they are no match for the men and women of the United States military.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050628-7.html

[liberal N proud]

1. He only made 5 references to 9/11 and Iraq, Come on give him a break

after all he is an imbecile

:sarcasm:

[TahitiNut]

2. Actually he mentioned 'Iraq' or 'Iraqis' over ninety times.

He mentioned 'terror,' 'terrorism,' or 'terrorist' thirty-four times.
He also mentioned 'free' or 'freedom' thirty-four times.
It's interesting they tied.

It's called "catapulting the propaganda." :eyes:


"America" or "American" mentioned 23 times
"You" or "your" mentioned 23 times
"Enemy" or "enemies" mentioned 12 times

September 11th was mentioned 4 times at the beginning and once at the end.

And "torture" wasn't mentioned at all.
But "brutality" was ascribed to the "enemy" twice. Go figure.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. It certainly is.

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[CWebster]

4. "..by driving us out of the region..."

As if we have every right to be there---yet no even questions something as simple as that.

[Looseleaf]

5. It was actually 6

He made 6 references to Sept. 11th, by my count: Once he did not mention the date but DID refer to "New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania". I wish I could remember the whole phrase or sentence, but it should be in the transcript.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. You're right, and I just added it...thanks.

That sixth reference was somethin' we all refer to on the Crawford Ranch as a STEALTH REFERENCE, pardner!



:toast:

:evilgrin: