Bush's speech on 10/6/05. Fascinating tidbits and clues.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

Oct. 6 is my birthday. I took a few days off and had the good/bad luck to be home for one of gwb's rah-rah speeches. I posted this at the time.

On rereading this, I find it funnier and scarier than I did almost 6 months ago.

Especially in light of the wiretapping information and the steady war drumbeat against Iran.

From the transcript, my comments in bold. (I changed some of the comments from my original)

Doesn't this sound like someone we know?:

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously -- and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

Interesting definition of "the enemy":

Instead of attending faraway training camps, recruits can now access online training libraries to learn how to build a roadside bomb, or fire a rocket-propelled grenade -- and this further spreads the threat of violence, even within peaceful democratic societies.

I wonder which lucky country gets to be liberated by us next:

The influence of Islamic radicalism is also magnified by helpers and enablers. They have been sheltered by authoritarian regimes, allies of convenience like Syria and Iran, that share the goal of hurting America and moderate Muslim governments, and use terrorist propaganda to blame their own failures on the West and America, and on the Jews.

Pretzel logic spin:

Some have also argued that extremism has been strengthened by the actions of our coalition in Iraq, claiming that our presence in that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals. I would remind them that we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001 -- and al Qaeda attacked us anyway. The hatred of the radicals existed before Iraq was an issue, and it will exist after Iraq is no longer an excuse.

A reminder that the Russians were just asking for it:

The government of Russia did not support Operation Iraqi Freedom, and yet the militants killed more than 180 Russian schoolchildren in Beslan.

I had forgotten about these fantasy claims:

Overall, the United States and our partners have disrupted at least ten serious al Qaeda terrorist plots since September the 11th, including three al Qaeda plots to attack inside the United States. We've stopped at least five more al Qaeda efforts to case targets in the United States,

And, a number that changes day to day.

At the time of our Fallujah operations 11 months ago, there were only a few Iraqi army battalions in combat. Today there are more than 80 Iraqi army battalions fighting the insurgency alongside our forces.

Democracy is "making your case and debating".Unless you live here and disagree with gwb, apparently

We've heard it suggested that Iraq's democracy must be on shaky ground because Iraqis are arguing with each other. But that's the essence of democracy: making your case, debating with those who you disagree --

The all-in-one fear combo...two terrorists and a country.

Would the United States and other free nations be more safe, or less safe, with Zarqawi and bin Laden in control of Iraq, its people, and its resources?

So much irony that any comments would be superflous:

Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that regimented societies are strong and pure -- until those societies collapse in corruption and decay. Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that free men and women are weak and decadent -- until the day that free men and women defeat them.

Now remember, insurgents are NOT dissidents. And Bin Laden is NOT an exile. Just saying...

We're standing with dissidents and exiles against oppressive regimes, because we know that the dissidents of today will be the democratic leaders of tomorrow

that is all. MKJ

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/2005100...

[wakeme2008]

1. Happy Birthday and a good post

:) :party:

[spindrifter]

2. Ah, yes, the rhetoric

stands for itself.

I love the last one: "we know that the dissidents of today will be the democratic leaders of tomorrow." I'd like to make it more like the dissidents of today will be in the White House tomorrow...a literal tomorrow.

[dchill]

3. Recommended! Sometimes I think...

he knows he's talking about himself, sometimes I don't think so. Either way, we're looking at the greatest threat to democracy here in the USA. He really does "hate us for our freedoms."