Look at this quote from the speech last night.....

[Postman]

I think we can agree there were never enough troops in Iraq. Having said that, here is the quote-

"Some Americans ask me, if completing the mission is so important, why don’t you send more troops? If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have the number of troops they need to do their job.

And sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever – when we are in fact working for the day when Iraq can defend itself and we can leave. "

...Let's pretend you are a "Commander on the ground"
after hearing Bush make the remark -

"sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever".......would you ask for more troops?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. How many have we lost this frigging month??? And now another

17 in Afghanistan..... help us jeebus.

[whistle]

2. That statement was when half the military people in that room

...went "holy shit, what a jerk-off!"...and their eyes glazed over or they started really squirming in their seats.

[patrice]

3. and if "we" aren't staying forever, when MIGHT we start to think about

Leaving???

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. When most of their economy is firmly and indefinitely in favored

corporate paws.

[patrice]

20. Precisely.

[Botany]

5. Do not try to read into *'s statements ....

..... "That way lies madness."

Faye Dunaway in "Little Big Man."

[cynatnite]

6. No, we don't need more troops, but people join up anyway

higher calling and all that :puke:

He's turning it into a fucking crusade. Didn't he even read up on the crusades at all?? :freak:

:banghead:

[Patsy Stone]

18. Nope. To paraphrase Doonesbury, "Books are Laura's thing, Bot. n/t

[applegrove]

7. He is trying to save Rumsfield who bullied the generals into invading

with 200,000 too few troops. He is also trying to stop Americans from worrying about the draft. Kills two birds with one lie. IMHO

[oasis]

8. Sooooo... your commanders are not asking for more troops because THEY are

playing politics. Mr Bush, who's making the military decisons over there?

[MichiganVote]

9. Bush is the Commander in Chief, not the generals....its his call

not theirs. That means he is at fault for faulty decisions. Period.

[oasis]

11. Bush implied that his commanders are playing politics since they haven't

asked for more troops.

[MichiganVote]

21. So he says.....1 troop or 10,000, he is the commander in chief

[Gay Green]

12. The Buck never stops at Shrub's desk

in fact, it accelerates.

When are we going to get a Commander in Chief who will take responsibility for his decisions???

:banghead:

(on edit: spelling)

[Career Prole]

10. Media Matters has a collection of instances of the sober judgment

of the commanders on the ground being completely ignored right here.

[achtung_circus]

15. This is off topic, I'm afraid,

but how do you make your link say "right here". My links only have the address, like this: <http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/reg/rege.shtml>

[Career Prole]

16. Like this...

Remove the "http:\\" from your link then format it this way:

(link:www.inspection.gc.ca/english/reg/rege.shtml|like this)

except instead of parentheses use brackets and this will happen when you post it...

like this

If you don't have the vertical divider on your keyboard you can type one by holding the ALT key while typing 124 on your numeric keypad (don't use the numbers in the top row above the letters)

Give it a try! :)

[achtung_circus]

24. Sure,

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

[achtung_circus]

25. Thank you so much. nt

[hexola]

13. Will we keep sending more American contractors....?

If anything suggested that we intended to stay forever - it's the army of carpetbagging contractors that decended on Iraq...

[madeline_con]

22. " ... more American contractors....?"

Do you mean electricians, technicians and plumbers or mercenaries?

[patrice]

14. PBS showed pictures and data on 10 today.

[FloridaPat]

17. I think that was about where I turned him off. This went way beyond

lying. Twilight Zone stuff last night.

[me b zola]

19. That last line gave me chills

"sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever"

That bastard smirked, an evil smirk, when he said it. What I heard was the fact that was burried in an untruthful context...I heard "we intend to stay forever". The hair on the back of my back stood up as that nasty bastard said that with that insane grin on his face.

[justgamma]

23. The last 2 generals that asked

for more troops were relieved of their duties in Iraq. 'Nuff said.