What happened to the Struggle Against Violent Extremists?

[BurtWorm]

Or have Bush and Cheney not gotten the memo?


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/23/bush_speech/print.html

But no such acknowledgement came Monday. The president appeared relaxed, well-rested and jovial, dressed in a burgundy tie with an American flag lapel pin. He spent a third of his time at the podium praising the VFW, making self-effacing jokes, and detailing the money his administration has lavished on veterans' causes. Once he began speaking of the war, his speech quickly began to echo his past statements. He touched on all the key talking points of the war on terror, catchy phrases that have been repeated so many time they ring as familiar -- and wanting of specific meaning -- as the lyrics to a pop song: "We will accept nothing less than total victory ... Iraq is a central front in the war on terror ... This is a different kind of war ... We will go on the offense ... We're on the hunt."

A long-running White House strategy lies behind the message, one that casts opponents of the war as weak or cowardly or unpatriotic. In the last presidential election, the strategy was a clear success, undermining the candidacy of Sen. John Kerry, according to exit polls. Now, it may be leading the Bush administration and its supporters into a public-opinion quagmire. While last fall a majority of Americans thought the nation was winning the war on terror, today only 38 percent believe we are winning, according to pollster Scott Rasmussen.

Pointing to the prospect of an Iraqi constitution, and apparently optimistic that the war in Iraq will not worsen, the White House has decided to stay the same course. In a speech last week, Vice President Dick Cheney promised not to relent in the war on terror, comparing the current hardships to those faced by Gen. George Washington's troops during the Revolutionary War. "The struggle was to last eight years," Cheney said of the battle in 1776, noting that the soldiers did not abandon the cause in the face of hunger, exhaustion or lack of boots. "They stayed in the fight -- and America won the war." Cheney then quoted Gen. Washington as saying, "Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages."

[tk2kewl]

1. They realized that they themselves were violent extremists...

and didn't want to negotiate with themselves :crazy:

[Bob3]

2. In the warehouse with all those cases of New Coke.

N/T

[BurtWorm]

4. Ha ha!

Bingo!

:toast:

[maxpower]

3. Chimpy was having a problem with

all the syllables that entailed.

[Bob3]

5. I don't see god damn Cheney freezing his ass off anywhere

Valley forge my ass - jesus the hubris of these clowns. They are sacrificing absolutely nothing - nothing mind you while people die every fucking day. * spends his god damn time taking holiday's from his vacation while Cheney hides in some bunker somewhere getting richer by the day from his stock options. This is not sacrifice and this is not a war we should be fighting.

You now it's not when bad things happen to good people that gets me I can deal with the idea that man is born to trouble as sparks fly upward - it's when shits like Cheney and * act like monsters and as a result have rose pedals strewn in their path by life that I begin to despair. Come on god or what ever you name is - some painful boils at least.

[emulatorloo]

6. Didn't test well with the focus group -- not punchy enough

EOM

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Did not poll well?

the reality based community did not eat it.

John Steward had NWT day and they realized the troops had to come home

[Stirk]

8. Speaking of stupid acronyms, remember "O.I.L."?

Operation Iraqi Liberation? Haha- the stupidity of this group is just astounding.

[troubleinwinter]

9. Memorizing all those words would be hard work...

"Struggle Against Violent Extremists" = Ten sylables. The brush can't pronounce it, freeps can't pronounce it. The brush certainly cannot remember that many words all together in a row without fucking it up.

"War 'n Terr" = Three sylables, and has the word WAR in it. He likes the WAR word. He is a WAR prendent.

"The president appeared relaxed, well-rested and jovial," ...just hangin' loose, and gettin' on with his life. Fucker.