On September 13th, 2007 at 9:22 pm, Leatherneck said:

What really shapes Bush? Poor judgement would top the list, followed by cronyism that ensures he’ll never get any good counsel either, religious zealotry that puts Israel over the U.S., and probably his relationship with his father.

-Timidity.
- Corruption.
- Persuit of wealth.
- Persuit of power.
.. shape Bush.
His record speaks for himself.

For more read ‘Letters to Leaders’ at: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=20004&lvl=F

On September 14th, 2007 at 1:12 pm, Surak said:
Hi, Bhishma. I just finished reading the Mahabharata – I loved it!

Congratulations, Surak! How did you lik the turn of events? What were the salient features? How much do you believe / do not believe? If you feel like discussing the great epic, I’d be happy to. Congrats again!

On September 14th, 2007 at 9:19 am, James Felix said:

Actually, protecting Saudi Arabia from an expansionist and aggressive Iraq was one of the stated goals of that war.

So, it is official, the 1991 was was to save rich wahhabis from Saddam. What did Saudi Arabia give USA (not the Bush family) in return? What were the other stated goals that were not related ot he first one? If the war was in no US interest, how is the war, not an abuse of using national resources?

Has there been political progress in Iraq? OK, some local municipal political progress (and, that should not be frowned upon) but the intent was for ‘National’ political progress.

The accepted cliche definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome. Hence, we changed ’strategery’ and what we were doing in Iraq. We moved from ‘clear’ to ‘clear and hold.’ That was good and wise.

Now for the definition of unmitigated stupidity. Doing what works and is successful and then stopping it.

The surge is working, why stop? Surge into other provinces, surge into more neighborhoods, surge until victory, because surge actually works.

I am just so cynical about Pres Bush and how he is prosecuting the Iraqi front on the GWOT.

One last question –

It is not about our military doing what is asked of them, but do you trust the Iraqis?

““We need a new direction that redeploys our troops from Iraq, rebuilds our military and refocuses on fighting terrorism across the world,” Ms. Pelosi said.”

Yeah like Bosnia or maybe Grenada!. Better yet, she’d redeploy them to the rear so we can save them for a rainy day when they might really be needed.

Vote Democrat! We Invest in Failure (so we can make the highest political returns)!

Nancy Pelosi is certifiably insane. Her latest pearl:

““We need a new direction that redeploys our troops from Iraq, rebuilds our military and refocuses on fighting terrorism across the world,” Ms. Pelosi said.”

Say what?

My moonbat SO says the same stuff. I think I first heard something like it from Joe Biden or Barack Obama. They say that the war in Iraq is a distraction from the war on terror and that we need to “redeploy” so we can return to fighting the existing terrorists instead of creating more terrorists in Iraq.

Miss Ladybug Said: The country was much different when Reagan was president – he won both his elections by a landslide, so he had the “political capital” to be confrontational with the Democrat-controlled Congress. Bush won two extremely close elections (both electorally and in raw numbers).

Maybe if GW could speak the way Reagan did, the elections wouldn’t have been so close. And if he had called out the Demoncrats during the first term, the second election wouldn’t have been so close.

Leadership skills have always been his weakness.

On September 13th, 2007 at 9:22 pm, Leatherneck said:

As I performed another OB ultrasound exam on an illegal alien, (tax payer funded), I wonder how America can fight a war with the southern border wide open. I mean, If a preg. illegal alien female can make it to the Red River, who can not?

Actions speak louder than words. If Bush were really committed to protecting the American people from terrorism, cheap labor for his business cronies wouldn’t be his top priority.

We are left with the inescapable conclusion that Bush is a manipulative BS artist. This is so obvious I can’t stand to watch his predictable speeches.

What really shapes Bush? Poor judgement would top the list, followed by cronyism that ensures he’ll never get any good counsel either, religious zealotry that puts Israel over the U.S., and probably his relationship with his father.

President Bush spoke for the eighth time on the subject of Iraq…

Few realize that the first invasion in 1991 in Iraq was to save wahhabbis in Riyadh.

Actually, protecting Saudi Arabia from an expansionist and aggressive Iraq was one of the stated goals of that war.

Few realize that the first invasion in 1991 in Iraq was to save wahhabbis in Riyadh. The policy of Bush Jr, has remained the same today. Hence the immense prize payed in American taz-dollars and blood. Will continue to do so, no matter what Bush communicates i,e lies, to people.

Ahhh, no blood for oil. As predictable as sunrise. Nice to know that in an everchanging world some things remain constant.