Bush: Terrorists "spend their days struggling to avoid death or capture"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 - President Bush offered an unusually strong defense of his Iraq policy today, describing the military campaign there as vital for America's security and peace in the Middle East, and he said he would consider other pre-emptive strikes. "Our nation is engaged in a global war on terror that affects the safety and security of every American," Mr. Bush told members of the National Guard in Idaho. "In Iraq, Afghanistan and across the world, we face dangerous enemies who want to harm our people, folks who want to destroy our way of life."

Mr. Bush's critics have accused him of disingenuously implying a link between Iraq and the Sept. 11 attacks. The president has dismissed those complaints, asserting repeatedly that the war in Iraq is a theater - indeed, the main theater - in a worldwide war.

"We will stay on the offense," Mr. Bush said. "We'll complete our work in Afghanistan and Iraq. An immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq or the broader Middle East, as some have called for, would only embolden the terrorists and create a staging ground to launch more attacks against America and free nations."

Better to have the terrorists "spend their days and nights struggling to avoid death or capture," the president said. That way, he said, "they are less capable of arming and training and plotting new attacks on America and the rest of the civilized world." Mr. Bush was applauded several times. The reception was no surprise, given the National Guard audience in a conservative state that endorsed him overwhelmingly in 2000 and 2004.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/international/middleeast/24cnd-prexy.html?hp&ex=1124942400&en=bc75606d82ae8b6d&ei=5094&partner=homepage



"President Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, smile after the President addressed a crowd of military personnel and families in Nampa, Idaho, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. Bush spent two nights at a ski and golf resort in Donnelly, Idaho, before flying by helicopter to Nampa for the speech on war. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)"



"Hayley Sewell holds a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush as she waits to shake his hand after the president spoke to members of the Idaho National Guard and their families in Nampa, Idaho August 24, 2005. Bush continued to emphasize the need for the U.S. to maintain a military presence in Iraq until the country's situation has stabilized. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell"



"Mother of four son's currently deployed to Iraq, Tammy Pruett, listens teary-eyed as she is acknowledged by US President George W. Bush during his address at the Idaho Center Arena in Nampa, Idaho.(AFP/Jim Watson)"

[designforce]

1. Must drink the kool aid

must follow my leader blindly, must sacrafice my sons and daughters...

Hell no! Wake up sheeple! Don't buy into this conspiracy of death..

[hatrack]

2. Yep, just like our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

At least they've got that in common. :eyes:

[bluedog]

3. and meanwhile our boarders are

still unprotected and new "terrorists are being recruited everyday in Iraq thanks to the bush policy!

[havocmom]

4. More b*sh projection: assigning to others what he does himself

SSDD

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. 4 kids in Iraq and I'd pace the floor at night.

Knowing Bush was in charge scares me, too.

[Lefty48197]

6. ...well, THAT and planning to blow up subways and busses

and God and FBI only know what else.

[Q]

7. This isn't reporting...it's PROPAGANDA...

...The Times and other rags simply print what the Bush White House sends them.

Hopefully...the Bush Fascists are only fooling a small percentage of Americans at this point.

[Disturbed]

8. Catapulting the Horseshit.

The Bush Cult laps it up.

[renie408]

9. And yet, they still found time to kill ten American soldiers in the past..

48 hours.

[Roland99]

10. Interesting in that these insurgents NEVER ATTACKED US BEFORE!

Wrong country, wrong radicals, moran.

[renie408]

11. Oh...My....GOD!!!

What the FUCK is wrong with people?? Can they not see that nauseating bullshit for what it is?? Pathetic...bullshit??

Hell NO they don't have to kill Americans here, we are sending them plenty of Americans for target practice right to their doorstep.

And what kind of IDIOT makes such a retarded statement?? How many times had we been attacked on US soil BEFORE 9/11??? Urrrrrhhh.....

His own frigging people say it is a matter of WHEN, not IF.

Jesus, this makes my head want to explode.

[Pepperbelly]

12. Bush is projecting.

He spends HIS days struggling to avoid death or capture.

Remember on 9/11 when he went jinking across the country like a Mid-east dictator facing an aroused and angry populace?