Bush warns of more violence in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=050922160758.r3u8qrjn.php


Bush warns of more violence in Iraq

US President George W. Bush warned Thursday that extremists who aim to "set off a civil war" in Iraq would escalate their attacks ahead of an October referendum on the country's draft constitution.

"As Iraqis prepare to vote on their constitution in October and elect a permanent government in December, we must be prepared for more violence," Bush said after receiving a briefing at the Pentagon.

more:

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/politics/12713955.htm

Bush says U.S. must not retreat on Iraq

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Two days before a major anti-war demonstration, President Bush said Thursday that withdrawing American forces from Iraq would make the world more dangerous and allow terrorists "to claim an historic victory over the United States."

Bush said terrorists have been emboldened over the years by the hesitant U.S. response to a hostage crisis with Iran in the Carter administration, the bombing of U.S. Marines barracks in Lebanon during the Reagan administration, the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center during the Clinton administration, and other events.

"The terrorists concluded we lacked the courage and character to defend ourselves," the president said. "The only way the terrorists can win is if we lose our nerve and abandon the mission.

"For the safety and security of the American people, that's not going to happen on my watch," he said.

[Larkspur]

1. This is the equivalent of Bush saying a Hurricane is in the Gulf of Mexico

and going to hit one or more of the Gulf states.

[krkaufman]

3. That's just what I was thinking. Apparently the dimwit ....

... hasn't been watching the news, and seeing the escalation already ongoing.

[saigon68]

18. "FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH shouted the AWOL CHIOMPANZEE

[lakeguy]

2. that's one SMART pResident we got there!

[KansDem]

4. Oh, really? Theirs or ours? (eom)

[VegasWolf]

5. Did Bush say how many more American kids are going to die? nt

[Binka]

6. It Better Not Be Mine

Bring them home. Ben's been in Ramadi for two plus weeks and I am beside myself. Every time I hear of another battle or death I have to go throw up.

Oh Gawd please stop this madness.

[VegasWolf]

9. Best Wishes!!!! nt

[ninkasi]

23. I'm thinking about you and Ben, Binka...

Remember, though, he HAS to come home, safe and unharmed, for his little sister. Seriously, I do think of you, and pray for your family. I hate the man who caused this so much...I don't like to hate, but I can't help it, seeing the pain he's caused for so many. Stay strong, but if you need a shoulder, PM me.

[screembloodymurder]

7. Does he know something about this mornings blast?

This might be a warning about what already happened. If so it must involve the loss of many Americans.

[cliss]

17. I missed this.

Was there a blast? I'm assuming Iraq.

[deadparrot]

8. It must be worse than we're hearing.

If * is acknowledging any sort of violence, you know it has to be bad.

[cassiepriam]

20. precisely...

something is afoot, and it is bad.

[VegasWolf]

10. What happened to last throes? turned a corner? roses at feet? nt

[VegasWolf]

11. Mission Accomplished!!! nt

[Roland99]

12. Uhh...back is broken...last throes...we're winng...world is safer

Guess 9/11 changed everything.



Oh wait...9/11 was LONG before Iraq.

[xxqqqzme]

13. I heard the moon is full every

28 days - don't know if blivet** has confirmed this or not.

[Mari333]

14. Mari333 warns the sun will rise tomorrow n/t

[Karenina]

22. Lots more SAS guys where those two came from!

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. Another increase in violence because of the "run up" to something

[tabasco]

24. Yeh, it'll be all quiet after the referendum.

How many times have we been through this drill?

The violence is escalating because of the run up to (choose one):

a. Handing over of Iraqi "sovereignty."
b. Elections to choose he constitutional committee.
c. Referendum on the hm constitution.
d. All of the above
e. It's just one big clusterfuck.

[hadrons]

16. are the British doing more undercover work soon???

[damntexdem]

19. Really? What makes him think that?

Hey, if I set this brush on fire, we must be prepared for more smoke.

And, yeah, we can't have more responses like the Clinton Administration's to the first bombing of the WTC: putting the plotters in jail. No, instead, we need to let the plotters run free around the world.

[Mikimouse]

21. Umm, ya mean like the extremist arab look-alikes that...

were carting around enough explosives to start a small war? Those extremists, Mr. *? They defintely looked like members of Al-Kipperda to me.