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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:18 PM
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G.W.B. has once again redefined "success" in Iraq.
I don't get cable news, but I do watch the PBS newshour. When asked this evening what would define "success" in Iraq, G.W.B. replied:

"A government that can provide security for its people."

The words "democratic government" never occured in the interview.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:20 PM
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1. Then Saddam met that description.
Oh well.
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shoopnyc Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:21 PM
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2. And dont forget about "the egg"
like "the pig" in germany!
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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:28 PM
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5. He said something about the egg being cracked, not not broken.
Edited on Tue Jan-16-07 09:28 PM by Clarkie1
And since it's just cracked, we need the "surge."

Didn't make sense to me, either.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:21 PM
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3. Whaaaat? No Democracy!?
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:26 PM
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4. I have a present for the chimp.



BITE ME
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rubberducky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:31 PM
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6. The imperial "We" struck me as
extrememly telling of how the idiot feels about "us". When he spoke of himself, he used the third person. He refered to himself as "the president". What`s with that???
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:50 PM
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7. okay - "spreading 'security' across the globe"
a) doesn't have the same 'ring' to his followers as the democracy line; and b) almost noone can begin to think that was is being spread in Iraq is "security".

Very stupid attempt to shift the conversation/rationalization - and it won't sell.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 09:52 PM
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8. How do you redefine something you never defined in the first place?
All Bush ever said about "success" and "victory" was lofty platitudes, stuff that could easily be thrown in someone's face, yet mean nothing ...
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