2007-06-06 16:48:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
what do you think?
2007-06-06 16:49:19 · update #1
do you agree with bush that success is violence?
2007-06-06 16:49:42 · update #2
theUNSINKABLE, because of his use of a double negative, he is saying that success is violence.
success is not no violence. there cannot be success without violence. success is violence.
2007-06-06 16:56:04 · update #3
i think bush is the antichrist in a retarded way
2007-06-06 16:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this particular area (Iraq), a lessoning of violence would be a good thing...thus a sign of some success. However, it would certainly be preferable if everyone would stop hating and stop all violence. That would be true success..and frankly, I doubt if we are going to see that.
2007-06-06 23:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He doesnt say 'success is violence', as he is referring seemingly to the 'when' in a milestone of an activity (in this case ops in Iraq). It's wrong to make that leap of intepretation as it is misrepresenting him and you'll stir the clueless hippies into a cheer.
2007-06-07 00:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by tacs1ave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's not saying that success IS violence, he's saying that success cannot always be attained by totally peaceful means. i don't particularily agree, but don't say that he's saying that success IS violence.
and i think that a certain amount of force is nessacary, but force is not violence either. but there's never a simple way out.
2007-06-06 23:53:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
GWB uses ambiguity as a metric; as he has no viable definition of success, he makes statements such as this which are completely open to interpretation.
2007-06-06 23:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush is probably the least-Christian person to ever call himself a Christian, based on the examples of Jesus Christ.
BTW, thanks for the translation. I couldn't understand what Bush was saying in the first place.
2007-06-06 23:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by Gordon Freeman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Violence is never the answer to any question.
2007-06-06 23:52:31 · answer #7 · answered by Vintage Glamour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is the whole context
2007-06-06 23:52:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋