Bush, today: "darkness of tyranny no match for shining power of freedom"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050711-1.html

The Iraqi people are seeing progress. They're stepping forward to the fight. One Iraqi who stepped forward is a traffic cop named Jamal. Recently, Jamal was training in the city of Irbil with about 200 other recruits, when a red car came hurtling toward them and it exploded. He survived, but many of his comrades did not. Here's what he says: "I saw friends killed and wounded and crying out and blood everywhere. It is not the first time they tried to kill us ... we're not afraid. I'll stay a policeman and serve my country." Americans are proud to serve alongside such brave allies, people willing -- (applause) -- people willing to take risk for democracy and freedom, people willing to sacrifice. The leaders of the new Iraqi military see the progress. The Iraqi general in charge of his country's elite special forces puts it this way: Before, "the Americans were taking the lead and we were following." Now, he said proudly that his forces were taking the lead. We are working for the day when the entire Iraqi army can say the same thing. Our coalition will help Iraqis so they can fight the enemy on their own. And then American forces can come home to a proud and grateful nation. (Applause.)



The heart of our strategy is this: Free societies are peaceful societies. So in the long run, the only way to defeat the ideologies of hatred and fear, the only way to make sure our country is secure in the long run, is to advance the cause of freedom.

Prime Minister recently said, "There is no hope in terrorism, nor any future in it worth living, and it is the hope that is the alternative to this hatred." So we'll spread the hope of freedom and leave a more peaceful world for our children and our grandchildren.

History teaches us that we can be confident in the future because the darkness of tyranny is no match for the shining power of freedom. There will be tough fighting ahead; there will be difficult moments along the path to victory. The terrorists know they can't defeat us on the battlefield. The only way the terrorists can win is if we lose our nerve. This isn't going to happen on my watch. (Applause.) America and its allies will continue to act decisively, and the cause of freedom will prevail.

[Rambis]

1. Stay the course thousan- points- a -lite BS *

BS

[Larkspur]

2. This shows that Bush knows that the London attacks prove he is losing

the war on terror. It's only a matter of time before the sheeple figure it out.

Also, bush must be getting nervous that he could be losing his right-hand man, Rove.

[Coexist]

3. what a hokey speech writer he has

geez - how does he say that stuff with a straight face?

[dajoki]

6. he never keeps a straight face

that smirk is enough to make you:puke:

[Totally Committed]

4. Jeezuss....

his speechwriters should be run outta town! Does anyone here think he actually (in his heart of hearts) believes this stuff?

What a steaming load of horse-hockey!

TC

[OneBlueSky]

5. who writes this shit for him? . . . really bad stuff . . . n/t

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[FreeStateDemocrat]

7. If I acted that delusional I would be called certifiable and be forcibly

removed from society

[PurityOfEssence]

8. Rousing rhetoric amplifies imbecility

This little nobody so thirsts to be a Churchill or Roosevelt that it hurts to watch him try. It's just like that oh-so-calculated scribbling of "let freedom reign": something that wants to be taken as off-the-cuff eloquence when it's really carefully calculated and an example of slobbering idiocy. The line is "let freedom ring", and I doubt Ninny-boy knows that any more than he knows that "freedom" can't "reign" over anything. "Freedom" can't "maintain absolute power" over something. Just as "freedom is on the march" sounds tinny beyond belief. Freedom goose-steps in hob-nailed boots; rally round the flag, boys.

The tone-deafness of the purple prose hacked up by these thugs is hard on the ears.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. Yep, that was one proud moment..."Let Freedom Reign."

:grouphug:

:puke: