Sheehan vs. Bush
couldn't have said it better-thanks.
>
> This is just another RW spin machine "piece of blather."
> Osama, Zarquwi, and other terrorist leaders do not sit
> watching our media saying "Gee, Im so tired, maybe, ill stop
> attacking...wait...look at the tv, this Cindy Sheehan woman
> doesn't agree with our enemy Bush. Thats great and just what
> I needed to plan more attacks."
> they don't Cindy Sheehan to give them incentive.
>
> Matter of fact, with the policies Bush has executed...he
> should be accused of helping the enemy.... or giving Osama
> aid and comfort..
>
> His policies of supporting torture, war profit over
> development in Iraq, lying to the world, alienating world
> allies, and the most offensive, creating a new means for
> terrorists to increase drug traffic in Afganistan by NOT
> supporting the government fully (Karzai can barely controk
> Kabul..the rest of the country is a drug market or warlord
> managed or the Taliban is reforming) and his recent
> "flip-flop" on his defnintion of freedom in Iraq...the
> administration signed on to the Iraqui Constitution that
> defines the country as an Islamic republic - a theocratic
> form of government that he swore was never going to happen
> in Iraq and he regularly criticizes in Iraq...this makes him
> the biggest terrorist helper EVER...hes better than Fonda
> ever was....
>
> > Even the extreme right cam be correct once in a while. In
> > this instance they are, OldiesCar.
>
> Yes, they can be right once in a while and ill show you how
> they can.
> These quotes from GOP about Kosovo should show all that the
> GOP has also "flip-flopped" on how to prosecute a war...If
> they were right then, then they should be right in this
> time. You can't let the RW off the hook by saying 9/11
> changed everything..because this is a much messier war that
> Bush created.
>
> Remember these quotes when Clinton was being attacked by the
> GOP for the war in Kosovo and Bosnia (my comments follow):
>
>
> "You can support the troops but not the president."
> ---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
>
> Mr Delay seems to agree with Dems...we hate the C-I-C but
> can support the troops just as he did during the Kosovo war
> and war in Bosnia...
>
>
> "Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen
> is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20
> years."
> ---Joe Scarborough (R-FL)
>
> Gee Joe, could be the same in Iraq...given the nature of the
> hate between the various cultures...hmmmm it could be almost
> the same in Iraq.
>
>
>
> "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen
> that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter
> have to give up their life?"
> ---Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99
>
> Mr Hannity doesn't seem to have a problem now with mothers
> and fathers looking for more (think Cindy again) who need
> more than just platitudes from Bush that the mission has to
> be honored by killing more soliders in Iraq. the real
> irony..is that Sheehan is just a bike ride and a pretzel
> away.....Clinton didn't have to go to any funerals in Kosovo
> because there weren't any deaths in Kosovo and a minimum in
> Bosnia.....however Bush will have the hands of 2000+
> soliders and thousands of civilians on his hands for lying
> and manipulating data to get the US into war with Iraq.
>
>
>
> "[The] President . . . is once again releasing American
> military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined
> objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the
> Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not
> informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will
> be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound
> foreign policy."
> ---Sen Rick Santorum (R-PA)
>
> Ask any National Guardsman who has exceeded his time over
> seas. Ask any retired or recently discharged military person
> who is getting letters notifying them that stop-loss policy
> has included them and is now extended to 2031. Tell this to
> the thousands of troops who have no idea when they get a
> break much less get a chance to be sent home....Where is Mr.
> Santorum now?
>
>
>
> "American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery.
> Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world
> with a feel-good foreign policy."
> ---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
>
> Delay should agree now that the "Iraq mission" is a huge
> joke now, and that Bush continues to morph his reasons for
> the war based on public rejection of the reason de
> jour.....only difference is that Bush's foreign policy is
> not feel-good in any way...its feel bad for all nations that
> deal with our government...except for the poodle, Blair.
>
>
>
> "If we are going to commit American troops, we must be
> certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an
> exit strategy."
> ---Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush
>
> Karen Hughes said it then. She needs to whisper this in
> Bush's ear once again. The mission is muddled, the goal is
> yet to be conceieved, and of course, stay the course, is not
> a battle plan or an exit strategy. Say it loud, Karen.
>
>
>
>
> "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches
> us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This
> administration is just learning that lesson right now. The
> President began this mission with very vague objectives and
> lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these
> questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified
> rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no
> legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency
> plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program.
> There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military.
> There is no explanation defining what vital national
> interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war
> when the President started this thing, and there still is no
> plan today"
> -Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
>
> Tom keeps hitting them out of the ballpark. Why has he not
> dropped his support for Bush. Flip-Flopper Tom Delay hasn't
> gotten one answer from this administration on these
> issues.....matter of fact, our military is on the brink of
> being completely over-taxed ....he wishes it could get back
> to over-extended.
>
>
>
>
> "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the
> President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
> -Governor George W Bush (R-TX)
>
> He criticized Kerry as a "flip-flopper", well Georgie boy
> needs to have this argument for himself..because he hasn't
> defined any real strategy. Sad part is that he would lose
> this argument with himself...again and again...what
> leader...NOT!
>
