Kerry on Bush Speech, President’s Attacks on Critics

[Stockholm]

"Today, the White House promised a "major address" and "unprecedented detail" on Iraq. Yet once again President Bush chose old truisms over the new answers that are needed. Every American agrees we must win the war on terror, but after today's speech every American is still waiting to hear the President offer any specifics about how we will win or how he will clean up a terrorist mess in Iraq that didn't exist before the invasion.

Tragically, in all of President Bush's references to Osama Bin Laden, he gave absolutely no indication that we were any closer to destroying this mass murderer than we were on September 12, 2001.

Instead, the President continues to invent a false link between the war in Iraq and the tragedy of September 11th. While this fiction may be effective politics, it's no substitute for a real strategy for success in Iraq. Americans want a strategy for success that will bring our troops home, not rhetoric to distract us from the reality on the ground.

The President today accused Americans who ask tough questions about his Iraq policy of a 'self defeating pessimism'. He's wrong. There's nothing pessimistic about demanding that our government do better by our troops, and there's nothing more pessimistic than an Administration refusing to provide candor and leadership equal to our troops' sacrifice."

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/home.cfm

[TayTay]

1. Thanks, and welcome to the JK forum.

Nice to have you posting here.