Bush: "America would be less safe with bin Laden in control of Iraq"...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

So we're staying.

What a POWERFUL speech.

:sarcasm:

[LiberalEsto]

1. Quack, quack ,quack

a quacking duck would make more sense than this imbecile

[K8-EEE]

2. No Problem, Just Smoke Him Out!

Dead or alive etc., then you don't have to worry about it.

:sarcasm:

[MrBenchley]

3. Oh no, he DIDN'T. Did he?

So we have to stay in Iraq because he let Osama get away?

"America would be less safe with bin Laden in control of Iraq"
Yeah, he might attack New York and Washington for example....

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. He also included Zarqawi...

...and he posed the question as more or less of a guilt trip...I'll have to post it on DU when the transcripts are released. It went something like "If we pull out of Iraq, we will have to ask if America will be more or less safe with Zarqawi and bin Laden in control of Iraq"...

So it was a "stealth reference" to bin Laden. He very matter-of-factly slipped it in, because in his mind, 9/11 and the invasion / occupation of Iraq all happened on the same playing field.

:grr:

[MrBenchley]

25. So in other words, because he's a failure

we have to stay in Iraq...

[arewenotdemo]

27. Yeeaaah, he did.

Now watch the slack-jawed Murkan sheeple eat it up.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Ah, but would we be more safe with Saddam in charge of Iraq?

[blm]

20. Saddam kept Bin Laden and his followers OUT OF IRAQ FOR YEARS.

Bush WANTED Bin Laden to go into Iraq and WANTED Islamic extremists to control it so he could have his excuse for perpetual holy war that translates into BIG DEFENSE DOLLARS for all his cronies.

[Amonester]

23. Yep. ChimpCo WANTS Helliburton's growth to reach 666... n/t

:evilfrown:

[Arkana]

5. He actually said that???

So basically what it means is "I fucked up, didn't git him in time, so we gots ta stay in Eye-rack till we gits him."

[Edgewater_Joe]

7. Bin Laden IS In Control

That's the PROBLEM, Bonzo!

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Bin Laden is already in control of all our money and resources

in the "war on terra" why not Iraq too?

[Navin_R]

9. Fear??

Was this another attempt to scare us?  Fear has always worked
in the past to boost his poll numbers.  I always have to laugh
when Bush starts trying to sound like an orator.  But I
usually ending up laughing till I cry. . . 

[newyawker99]

24. Hi Nevin_R!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Cha]

10. Hey Smirkoff! Ya should left

have Iraq alone..ya haven't gotten the oil, have ya?

[butterfly77]

11. This is the second speech in a weeks time...

This is beginning to look like the boy who cried wolf. If he is or thinks he is telling the truth, no one is believing him but diehard repubs,people who don't want to be wrong, people who believe he is a good christian man who can do no wrong or people who are going to believe him or no matter what right or wrong and they know it, they just hate Dems. Every speech sounds the same he practices his speech before hand and tries to read it with a lot of emotion,then he stumbles on some of the words and flips the page and gets back on script.

[LynnTheDem]

12. Funny thang; when SADDAM was in charge, there were NO terrorists

and NO bin Laden in Iraq. NONE.

Then along came Duhhhhbya...

[Boo_Radley]

13. No kidding.

"America would be less safe with bin Laden in control of Iraq"

That was one of the many reasons to OPPOSE starting the war in the first place.

[blondeatlast]

14. HE RAISED THE ISSUE! I thought he "didn't think of ObL anymore."

Now that he's concerned, let's see that he gets the monster!

Yeah, righty-o.

Is ObL in Iran? or Syria? :eyes:

[Contrary1]

15. He never intended to catch Bin Laden...

it was then, as it is still today, just an excuse to topple Saddam and retain control of Iraq.

Hmmm...I wonder why he would do that?

[RagingInMiami]

16. Wait, last I heard Osama was in control of Afghanistan

Or was it Pakistan. Or maybe Saudi Arabia. Or it could have been Egypt. Or hell, it could have been Syria.

[Ioo]

17. We should ask ourselves why this scenario is even on the table.

Bush failed to catch Osama in Afghanistan, in fact we knew where he was, and we sent warlords to get him.

Iraq was in the firm grip of Saddam Husain, he would have never allowed anyone control over Iraq, the only reason this is even an option is because we went there. There was ZERO, NONE, NADA, ZIP chance that Osama would have gained control of Iraq with Saddam in power. This is in fact our doing.

You did not catch him when you had a chance, and you flung the doors of Iraq open for the terrorist to get in.

Mr. Bush, your words ring hollow when it is because of your failures that this is even possible. You are the reason Iraq is a disaster, You are the reason we did not catch Osama, and You are the reason why your poll numbers suck.

The lies have worn thin, You are a failure, as a leader, as a president, as a man.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

18. OMG! Give it up already...NOBODY with a brain is buying that anymore

Note to prez: Dictators (like Saddam) do NOT share power with anyone, particularly religious zealots with a following.

Here's the appropriate hat for you and your speech.:dunce:

[librechik]

19. WWWAAAAAAAAYYYY off the farm

into a totally different universe where Bin Laden is trying to control Iraq!

[atommom]

21. Just when I think he couldn't get more idiotic .... he does.

[graywarrior]

22. Fuckwad piece of fucking shit.

May tweety birds pay him a visit this winter.

[Javaman]

26. That statement doesn't even make any sense....

Have I told you all today how much I loath and hate that thing*?

[txaslftist]

28. Well at least we could find him then.

[Disturbed]

29. Why doesn't this God tell the Silverspoon Sociopath..

exactly where Usama is?

God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers-BBC exclusive

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1831216&mesg_id=1831216

This pretend Prez should be in a Mental Ward.

[Amonester]

37. Yep. Why Does He Wants More Than 2,000 Good Christian

Soldiers To Die For The Little AntiChrist And His Handlers' Selfish Ambitions?

If He Was Really Talking To Him As He Claims He Does Then Why Does He NOT Tell Him WHERE bin forgotten IS EXACTLY??

Excellent question!! :thumbsup:

Why can't the freeptards ever ask it to themselves (or to their *gulp* Idol **)?? :crazy:

[sofa king]

30. Aww, how cute. Just like a five-year old would say it.

"The floor would have kept getting dirty if we didn't have to clean up this spilled Jell-O."

[greenbriar]

31. what the fuck...

bin laden and Iraq he really said that???


the fucker has LOST IT

[Crunchy Frog]

35. Maybe he wants the sheeple to believe that Bin Laden

was the one in control of Iraq before and that's why we had to invade. The sheeple confuse easily and I'll bet alot of them already think that.

He's betting that enough people are stupid and uninformed enough to buy it enough to get his poll numbers back up. It probably won't have much of an effect unless the media take it up as a talking point. They may not be as inclined to cover Chimpy's ass as they have been in the past.

[opihimoimoi]

32. Its become very clear that America would be safer if Kerry was the Prez

and not Bush the Pretender

[SemiCharmedQuark]

33. "America would be less safe with Warlocks and CHUDS in charge of Iraq

So we're staying :)

[Jacobin]

34. Which was the best reason for NOT invading to begin with

fucking nimrod idiot

[tandoori]

36. So by that logic, Iran is even a bigger threat to US because

Iran already is an islamic state and has oil money and has nuclear
knowhow. Iraq under Saddam was NOT a fundamentalist islamic state.
It was closer to a secular autocratic regime.

As usual Bush-logic is oh so convoluted, but then consider the source.