Bush admits heavy casualties in Iraq are depressing Americans

[Judi Lynn]

First Published 2005-01-26, Last Updated 2005-01-26 17:33:41




Bush admits heavy casualties in Iraq are depressing Americans


US president says his country could not run away from its long-term aim of spreading freedom despite mounting US casualties in Iraq.


WASHINGTON - Facing the deadliest day for American forces since the invasion of Iraq 22 months ago, President George W. Bush acknowledged Wednesday that heavy US military casualties there were depressing his people.

"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people. I understand that. We value life. We weep and mourn when soldiers lose their life," Bush said at his first news conference of the year.

He spoke as reports from Baghdad indicated that more than 30 US troops were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash and four more died in attacks, the biggest single loss of American life in the insurgency-wracked nation since the 2003 invasion.

More than 1,370 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the March 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, according to Pentagon figures released earlier this month.
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http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12528

[Theres-a]

1. So,everyone take your zoloft and head down to the mall!

[Inland]

11. Yeah, snap out of it! Be like Bush! He doesn't let it spoil HIS day!

[Sequoia]

28. He inherited his "beautiful mind" from Babs

Nope, nope, nope, can't think about dead bodies, too depressing.

[VegasWolf]

26. Go to church! Religion to placate the citizens. Your pastor will comfort

you with happy words.

[katinmn]

2. damn right I am depressed. (Good headline)

[jdj]

53. yeah, WE weep and mourn, he smirks and leers.

I saw that asshole on tv at the press conference, he doesn't have a decently genuine bone in his body, didn't act like he gave one shit about them.

[StephanieMarie]

3. When is he going to go to one single f-ing funeral and do some

real weeping and mourning????? I hate him more every day for what he's doing to our country and the world.

[htuttle]

6. He's ashamed of the war dead

That's why they unload the coffins at night, like so many UPS packages.

He's probably mad at them for making him look bad. I've noticed a lot of right wingers with the same attitude towards them.

[barb162]

13. he's not feeling any shame at all; he's a sociopath. He just

knows that showing the dead will turn more people against him and possibly make them think.

[Politicub]

37. I agree with you - he feels no shame

It just makes his smirk more defined.

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Nah, he's just protecting his Mama's beautiful mind

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" - Barbara Bush, ABC's "Good Morning America", March 18, 2003

[barb162]

15. some real weeping? What does he care? He doesn't.

Our people there are expendable; he doesn't give a crap

[cthrumatrix]

4. misleading headline....since Americans are never shown the horrors

of war...it's against orders from the WH down to corp owned media.

[arcane1]

5. "long-term aim of spreading freedom"

what's equally depressing is that Americans are still believing bull-shit like this

and it's also PISSING US OFF!!! :grr::mad::grr::mad:


FUCK YOU, George W Bush

[Mad_Dem_X]

8. What a f*cking LIAR

I doubt very much he "weeps and mourns" any of the soldiers' deaths. The man has no compassion and no conscience. Screw him and his bloodthirsty cronies!!!

[donkeyotay]

48. "spreading freedom" sounds suspiciously like nation building

but I thought republicans were against that. When the f**k did we sign up for that? And we have to stay in Iraq until we win. Win what? How will we know when our new bouncing baby democracy is ready to be weaned? When they have rigged elections like ours? When they have senators with "concerns" and "reservations" who promote warmongering incompetents? I heard Sen. Dayton actually called Condi a liar. I heard Durbin use the phrase "goverment propaganda." And today we hear that maybe even republicans are starting to wake up. I'd like to feel hope, but it just seems like tokenism. "Here's a straw to grasp at while the military-industrial-media complex sucks the last life out of your country."

AAARRRGH!:mad:

[Kikosexy2]

7. "We value life"...

huh? yeah, while we bomb the living sh*t out of it--Get REal!! We're depressed because he's in office and this whole stupid war is a LOST CAUSE!! We F*#KED UP--NOW BRING THE TROOPS HOME!!

[chuckrocks]

9. wow

he really connects with how i feel, you know? it's like we think the same way. what a strong, moral, honest, okay i can't hold it any longer. look out i's gonna blow!
:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Beetwasher]

10. Depressed Americans????? I Wonder How The Iraqi's Feel...

:eyes:

[teakee]

19. Iraqis get Valium cheap and no doctor's script needed..........

Bush better prepare for helping the troops of PTSD, it will be rampant among the troops. He wants to free the Iraqis, maybe he should step in an Iraqis' shoes for one day.

Hell, he should step in a widow, parent or child's shoes of his fallen troops for at least one day. Maybe he should tie his hands behind his back and see how easy it is to function with no arms.

Maybe he should step into Rumsfeld's 'you go to war with what you have' for a few days. :tinfoilhat:

[bif]

12. EVERYTHING about Bush depresses me

It's been a long, depressing four years, you asshole.

[lancdem]

39. Amen

[Charlie Brown]

14. Bush made a grave error here

"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people."

This may be the very first admission he/the administration has made that the people aren't largely supportive of the occupation. If he continues to make slips like this, soon people will begin to realize that we've blown it in Iraq.

[Kolesar]

44. YES--Dubyass's very own "malaise" speech

He flunked framing with this choice of words.

[Wilms]

17. I'm not depressed. Everything is fine and dandy.

Nothing worries me because I've been "Saved" by the holy blood of...

Beside, it's the Will of God and I voted for * and I'm going to heaven when * blows up the world.

Who needs Zoloft when there's the rapture to look forward to.

[Solly Mack]

18. Like it bothers that low life belly crawling worm

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. Americans get the government they deserve

Bush is proof of that.

[Massachusetts]

21. "Bush admits heavy casualties in Iraq are depressing Americans"

Ya, the ones who are paying ATTENTION. :mad:

[MissB]

22. It is his stupidity that is depressing me. (nt)

[lovuian]

23. This is what Lyndon Johnson & Nixon said too

And we have a Wall to remember the dead soldiers ... and nothing to show for it

This is Vietnam all over again!!!

[yellowcanine]

24. I am NOT depressed. I am PISSED, however. At Bush. At Rummy.

At Wolfie. At Rice. At Powell - yes, him too. And all of the other architects of this woeful wanton war.

[Massachusetts]

33. "I am NOT depressed. I am PISSED, however. At Bush. At Rummy."

How about the MORONS who voted for these imposters?

[yellowcanine]

35. Yeah - Them too.

[Ganja Ninja]

25. I'm even more depressed when I think about him ...

getting four more years.

[rocktivity]

27. Rocknation admits heavy casualties in Iraq are depressing Bush

BUSH is what's depressing Amercians!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

29. Bush as President for 2nd term depressing at least 50% of Americans

"It's good to be King."

BLEH.



:puke:

[DFWJock]

30. Gee, Im confused...

Depressed about what? I keep hearing how grand everything in Iraq is....freedom is on the march.

[LibDemAlways]

31. Chimp is not depressed.

Any day in which he gets Americans and Iraqis killed is a damn fine day as far as he and his evil cabal are concerned. They can't wait to start killing Iranians next. He and Wolfowitz will have simultaneous orgasms when the bombs start falling on Tehran.

[geniph]

32. Note he says the STORY is what's depressing Americans...

...not the pointless, endless slaughter and quagmire. It's all the media's fault, see - if they'd report just HappyNews (tm), everything would be just DUCKY. It's the damn liberal media, ya see!

[Mountainman]

34. I think we should build a Vietnam type memorial for those killed in

Iraq and Afghanistan only make real time. Let the names be added day after day as the memorial grows larger and larger. Make a web site for it.

We need to keep the deaths in the face of Americans who support the war.

Until we can hear "how many kids have you killed today?"

[driver8]

36. Bush continued by saying, "We must fight until all the oil fields are

secured, and Haliburton has squeezed every cent they can out of the American people."

I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya
I hate shrubya

[Terran]

38. "We weep and mourn when soldiers lose their life"

If there is a Hell, Bush is going there. Such bald-face lies do not go unpunished.

[NeoConsSuck]

40. Fuck you, you AWOL piece of shit..

I am so saddened that you weren't in that chopper instead of the 31 soldiers.

[movie_girl99]

41. call me naive but

how will our children and grandchildren benefit from a free Iraq????? they were never a threat to us anyway??!!

[hector459]

45. If anything, they will suffer in paying for it for the rest of their lives

I just can't believe that so many people swallow this bull. It must have been like this for many people living under Hitler, knowing the truth and not having the power or feeling they didn't have the power to stop it.

[CoffeeCat]

51. No kidding!!

Iraq has never been "free" according to Bush's standards.

My great-great grandparents did ok without a free Iraq.

I don't recall my great-grandparents discussing the suffering they endured due to an un-free Iraq. My grandparents told me stories about the depression, but never discussed the trauma they experienced due to a Iraq's lack of freedom. Hmmmm...never heard my parents griping, "If only Iraq were free, dammit! Our lives would be so much better!".

Hey Chimp!! The world was just fine without a free Iraq! However, I don't know if the next generations will survive the economic, diplomatic and foreign-policy devastation that you've unleashed trying to free Iraq!

Nimrod!

[peacebird]

42. so the American deaths today are "depressing his people"

"The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people. I understand that. We value life. We weep and mourn when soldiers lose their life," Bush said at his first news conference of the year."
:wtf:
I weep and mourn over the loss of ALL LIVES in Iraq and Afghanistan, not just American soldiers.

I weep and mourn over the torture and rape, the gulags, and the horrors of our bombing campaigns. I weep over the loss of priceless antiquities destroyed by our troops.

Guess that's just more proof that I'm NOT one of "his people".

[donkeyotay]

49. Oh my gawd, I missed that: HIS people? HIS?

The best chant I heard at the coronation of this sorry excuse was one that went:

Hey George
Get bent
You are not my president.

And I ain't his people.

[Chimpeach]

43. Doesn't he refer to them as "fodder units?" eom

[noonwitch]

46. Depressing Americans? More like killing Americans.

And angering a hell of a lot more of them.

[ignatius 2]

47. He sure as fuck doesn't look depressed, as a matter of fact he has

that perpetual smirk on his face like he just got one past someone. But of course he just did, 51% of the voting public has been had, big time.

[Laurab]

50. He's depressed maybe a little but only

because he can't keep this kind of thing out of the newspaper. That's the only fucking thing he's depressed about. Freedom is on the march - if death is the freedom you're looking for I guess.

[Lizzie Borden]

52. Oh. gee George, ya think???

Sorry, I forgot that no, he doesn't.

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

54. SMIRKING IDIOT

Does this Moron ever give a speech where he doesn't smirk or sneer? Someone needs to slap that dumbass grin off that dumbass face. 1,400 dead Americans - gee, let's get the Republicans to slap some more ribbons and stickers on their car bumpers. That will really show our support for the troops. Let's start sending the children of these Republican Morons who got us into this mess. Guarantee the troops will be home before Spring!

[FreeStateDemocrat]

55. CNN: President says, 'I have firmly planted the flag of liberty'

President says, 'I have firmly planted the flag of liberty'
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 5:57 PM EST (2257 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saying he has "firmly planted the flag of liberty," President Bush on Wednesday expounded upon themes put forth in last week's inaugural address, promising to pursue democracy in Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/26/bush/index.html

He did it all by his lonesome. Egomania is now on the loose at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This is starting to worry me more than a little bit. Does this clown really have access to nuclear weapons? Might want to put him on a lot shorter leash like locking him in a padded room.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

56. Think we're depressed now? Wait until we invade Iran.