Bush dismisses bloodshed in Iraq as ‘just a comma’

[ariesgem]

BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because this is a huge, huge issue, as you know, for the American public, a lot of concern that perhaps they are on the verge of a civil war–if not already a civil war–We see these horrible bodies showing up, tortured, mutilation. The Shia and the Sunni, the Iranians apparently having a negative role. Of course, al Qaeda in Iraq is still operating.

BUSH: Yes, you see — you see it on TV, and that’s the power of an enemy that is willing to kill innocent people. But there’s also an unbelievable will and resiliency by the Iraqi people…. Admittedly, it seems like a decade ago. I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is — my point is, there’s a strong will for democracy. (emphasis added)

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/24/bush-dismisses-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-just-a-comma/

[Jade Fox]

1. Are we not willing to kill innocent people to get what we want?

(By the way, what the funk DO we want from Iraq?)

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. A comma? How about the entire Bush period, a period of shame

and incompetence.

You can go to hell, *W*

[aquart]

3. George, I think you mean "asterisk."

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Why an asterisk?

While I think Bush's contention that all that death is not very significant is offensive, I don't see why you think 'comma' is inappropriate for what Bush wanted to say. A comma is a punctuation mark, separating one phrase from another. He thinks this just separates two eras - Saddam and post-Saddam, presumably.

[lonestarnot]

4. Prolee got it mixed up with an asterix the fuckwad numbnuts brainless

motherfucker!

[susu369]

5. I love it when bu$h's handlers let him talk

nt

[Telly Savalas]

6. Anybody got a link to Pelosi's and Rangel's responses to this?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. Lil Georgie's thinking is like a comma missing an M. n/t