For those of you who have read it, what do you think of President Bush's speech today on the War on Terror?

Question

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-4.html

This might be the first time the Administration has presented the argument for this war in this fashion, i.e. quoting the terrorists and presenting the terrorists goals for the world. ANy thoughts pro or con?

coragryph...mindless rhetoric?? I was hoping for more thoughtful responses. But Yahoo! Answers is probably the wrong place fot that, huh?

Answer 1

In a nutshell, Bush is twisting and spinning a few facts, using fear once again before an important election and just plain full of it.

Answer 2

He is right about not letting terror groups be able to set up a regime in Iraq. However, too little too late. If they do do that it's because of his inability to fix what he broke.

To be honest I don't even pay much attention to those speeches anymore, they are all the same and I and the President of the United States has a lot better things to do.

Instead of flapping his mouth he should actually do something and something legal.

Answer 3

For clarification, coragryph, the Terrorist Surveillance Program was found to be unconstitutional by A court, by a judge who apparantly doesn't understand the difference between monitoring for military purposes and monitoring for law enforcement purposes. The latter is illegal without a warrant, but taht is not what is happening. The information is used to target terrorist cells; they are a military target.

Answer 4

He's hoping that one more repetition of the same mindless rhetoric will make a difference.

He keeps saying "we're a nation at war", which while that may be true in the popular common usage of the term, is not correct as a legal status. The problem is, neither he nor most of the population realize that it's not correct as a legal status.

He touts his "Terrorist Surveillance Program", seeming quite proud of it, without bothering to acknowledge that it's a willful violation of federal law that's been found illegal by the courts.

And then my favorite line "America will not bow down to tyrants."
I just spent several hours arguing with someone who expects us to blindly bow down to Bush. Not realizing the inherent hypocrisy.

Answer 5

i replaced into in Iraq for 2 and a 0.5 years and that i won't be able to pass into it, yet trust me , we mandatory to get Saddam out of there. It replaced into by no skill about the oil. the yank authorities actually saved the large oil agencies out of Iraq to guard the Iraqi pastimes.

Answer 6

He was making the case to attack and go to war with Iran. World War 3 is closer then people think.

Answer 7

These people would rather have President Gore or Kerry doing absolutely nothing about terrorism...just like Clinton did.

Answer 8

it sounds like we are fighting the terrorists where they want to fight us... in Iraq... and we aren't taking the war to the terrorists... which are most likely in Pakistan... and from all accounts... are relatively safe from us...

that makes me quite angry that we're fighting the terrorists that they send to us... instead of making them fight us on our terms in their backyard...

how can we beat an enemy that we fight on their terms where they want to fight us?

Iraq's stability wouldn't be half as important if the leadership of al-queda was taken out...

why fight the infantry if you can take out the general? the infantry will scatter without the leaders... and I think we have enough manpower and technology to take out the leaders if it is a priority...

Answer 9

picked up bits and pieces why does he always do this right before the 9/11 anniversary is this the last thread he has to hold on to, btw thanks for quoting bin -laden,like he needs more headlines to fire up his cause..................

Answer 10

I have to agree with JAY