Tonight Bush kissed off Iraq, our military, our country, his presidency, and his party.

[pinto]

It was a classic Bush cut 'n run.

His vague remake of stay the course seemed little more than...a vague remake of stay the course.

This one featured Petraeus for cover, but little has changed. Nor will it.

The president said - in a telling moment - that our involvement in Iraq will be an 'enduring relationship' that will last beyond his term in office.

New phrase, same story, with the coda:

Somebody else will have to pick up the pieces. Very likely, it will be up to us Dem's.

He'll be in a condo in Houston. His cohorts will be consultants, talking heads or felons.

Bush bails again.

[Olney Blue]

1. I think the Chimp is going to Dallas not Houston.

If not, Houston you have a problem.

[babylonsister]

6. It's Dallas, but though I'm not religious, I'm praying for jail. nt

[pinto]

10. Wherever he goes, I hope the 'ranch' gets sold back to some folks

that will use it more than a photo-op.

[babylonsister]

11. He's not worried-the last couple of paras. tell the story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x307439

[jeff30997]

16. Yes but the folks would have to

Decontaminate the site first.:)

[AndyTiedye]

19. The U.N. Prison in the Hague Seems Just About Right

[countmyvote4real]

17. I thought it was Paraguay.

Isn't that one of the places nazis retire?

[JeffR]

2. Damn right

damn right

[babylonsister]

3. I really think people are on to him; he's a liar, and they know it.

Tomorrow's headlines will be for and against, but I think he flunked this test.

[pinto]

18. I agree.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. How many people watched this tonight and felt the plunk of cold hard reality?

All he can do is lie and demand more and more death and destruction for HIS plan.

MKJ

[pinto]

12. I did. Expected some vague grandiosity, but his blunt assertion that this will all outlast

his presidency made me take note.

[tularetom]

5. Yep once more in his miserable existence he has left a big giant turd

in the punchbowl and left it for somebody else to clean up. I just hope we collectively remember whose turd it was as we pay up the wazoo for the cleanup.

[L. Coyote]

7. What a self-centered moran. Big moment in history my arse! IMPEACH!

The ongoing Peace Demonstration at the Benton County Courthouse began on the day
the bombing in Afganistan started. It is held daily from 5-6 pm, seven days a week.

[KAZ]

8. No, tonight he spelled out what the PNAC really is.

'Round the horn, baby.

[DemBones DemBones]

9. How so? I didn't listen to him, can't

tolerate his voice, and haven't read the speech yet.

[KAZ]

14. Long story short, we ain't going anywhere. We're stuck.

Translated, "enduring commitment" means "Your land is our land". Watch the rhetoric rise in proportion to the fall in the dollar, and you'll see the real reason behind the PNAC.

[babylonsister]

22. Dems pushed back bigtime tonight. Finally. nt

[KAZ]

26. Like pushing back against the wind. Don't think it will mean much.

Like it or not, and I'm sure most of us don't, the Chimp has set us on a course that will span decades. I hope Justice O'Connor thinks long and hard about that.

[babylonsister]

28. Justice O'Connor? Did you watch it and do you know 'Justice' O'Connor

retired? Please. What's your agenda?

[robinlynne]

29. She put Bush into office. I think that is what the poster meant.

[DemBones DemBones]

24. So did he bring up nuking Iran or invading Syria, Lebanon, or

other PNAC targets? Not mention Iran at all? They are clearly running out a new product: an attack on Iran.

[KAZ]

27. Iran or Syria. Iran makes the statement, Syria completes the loop.

He did mention both, and it will get louder in the coming weeks. Wanna peek in the mind of a neocon? "There is no choice".

[Olney Blue]

33. It's called: Operation Enduring Relationship

[valerief]

13. Yeah, but not his profiteering. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. You are right about the country

I foresee the sudden collapse of the American Empire and the break up of the country into three to five successor states

Remember, you read it here first... but what you saw happen to the USSR... that is prologue to our future history

[babylonsister]

20. Wow. You're more depressed than I am. Or less optimistic. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. I blame the history degree on this one

damn that masters and readying the Grand Game by Szbigniew Brzezinski (no relation) didn't help

[Olney Blue]

35. So it really is true? "History repeats itself."

[diane in sf]

32. Could be more optimistic, I'm not sure I want to be in the same country as say, Alabama.

[Horse with no Name]

38. I think the same thing

and I wonder where I want to geographically locate myself to get the best deal.

[paparush]

40. Nadin - Can you elaborate on the three to five successor states?

I'd like to hear your thoughts about that

Thanks!

[babylonsister]

21. Recommend. Please. nt

[mentalsolstice]

23. I'm confused?!

I'm confused about what constitutes a "victory" in Iraq. I listened to Bu$h's speech, and I'm still confused. However, it might be that I was matching him for shots earlier this evening.

[alittlelark]

25. W/ the right DEM in office he could be at the Hague.

Let's be sure to pick the right DEM.

[opihimoimoi]

31. Typical Bush...fuck things up...then go golfing.....

[bdamomma]

34. enduring relationship???

he can fuck off with that statement, what a murderer he is.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Translation: I Screwed Up So Badly, Someone Else Will Have to Fix It

The Professor

[Vinca]

37. I have to admit I didn't watch.

I intended to, but after listening to that lying voice for about a minute and a half I'd had enough. I just couldn't do it.

[KharmaTrain]

39. Very Well Put...

When word leaked out that his assholiness would be using the "Korean" model of staying 30 or 50 years, I could see even Jeff Sessions gulp hard. You could just imagine the horror running through many other Repugnicans who were "assured" by Rove that Iraq wouldn't be an issue in '08...well to hell with that.

Mr. 5% credibility is now an albatross that has led his corrupt and morally bankrupt party into the abyss. And what does boooshie care? He's just thinking of all the easy coin he's gonna bring down doing meet and greets at the Heritage Foundation and other GOOP welfare camps.

Cheers...

:toast: