Bush Defends War on Iraq While in Europe (at Wiesbaden Air Base)

[Rose Siding]

WIESBADEN, Germany -- President Bush on Wednesday firmly defended his decision to invade Iraq, displaying his military pride on a tour of European nations that disputed the war.

Speaking to about 3,000 U.S. troops and their families at Wiesbaden Air Base, Bush called the U.S.-led invasion that created tensions with many European allies "a decisive moment in the history of freedom."

"One of the key lessons of Sept. 11th is that we must confront threats before they fully materialize," Bush said. "In Iraq we found a threat to the entire world."

He said that despite a violent insurgency that continues to claim U.S. and Iraqi lives, the democratic progress in Iraq shows the wisdom of his decision.
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Before he spoke, about 10 cheerleaders dressed in two-piece purple costumes and white boots danced on stage waving silver pompoms to entertain soldiers, many recently returned from tours of duty in Iraq.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bush-troops,0,6182745.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. So, back to the safe haven of making claims and pronouncements

from US military bases. Did the nitwit wear a military costume to the occasion too?

[murray hill farm]

2. Dancing cheer leaders????

Good lord..what a dufas!

[underpants]

11. Oh please TELL MEE there were photographers there

PleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeASE!

[CottonBear]

16. German American football cheerleaders:

I can't find any with * or Condi with the cheerleaders.

[underpants]

18. Damn I was hoping for a shot with W in the picture

Wow nice rose tattoo pointing at her........... there.

[CottonBear]

19. I can't find any pics w/ * or Condi.

Bu$hes handlers probably made sure that no pictures of * w/ cheerleaders would be taken. Condi is his personal cheerleader.

[Megahurtz]

22. I agree.

What a fucking idiot.

[ConcernedDemocrat]

3. Where Are the WMDs Shrub?

[Roland99]

5. Screw that....where's bin Laden?

All the shit the right heaps upon Clinton for not capturing bin Laden needs to be blown right back into their faces since we had US troops on the ground in his vicinity 3 1/2 years ago and still no bin Laden.

[CottonBear]

4. Are there any pictures of * & the cheerleaders? n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. hmm, was Roosevelt still defending WWII two years into it?

if this war was so noble of purpose and deed, why does he feel the need to defend himself almost two years after starting it.

He'll be defending his decision to the grave, and then afterwards people will still regard it as a disaster, if not an outright crime.

[Inland]

8. Yeah, he protests too much

or maybe too little, since he never even tries the WMD/threat bullshit except in front of controlled groups.

[primavera]

7. "Decisive moment"? Yeah, I'll go along with that.

Setting back world peace and international law by about 100 years, energizing global terrorism, transforming the US into the world's most feared and hated nation, yep, I'd have to say it was a turning point alright.

[FlyByNight]

9. Again, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11

Fucking amoral robot.

:grr:

[Massachusetts]

12. BINGO!

[Catamount]

10. He's also paving the way for Iran and Syria!

Every time he mentions "fightin the terrists in their own backyard", he's conditioning the public at large a little more for the inevitable invasion.

[underpants]

13. Runs back inside the safe zone to make this speech huh?

Chickenshit

What happened to the "town hall meeting" in Germany? No scripts translated into "normal German"?

[gratuitous]

14. As if he's going to go in front of the troops and say . . .

"Y'all are dying for nothing, really. Well, except for the greater financial benefit of me and my cronies -- who prefer to make money the old-fashioned way, which is to say through other people's efforts. So I guess I should say thanks a lot. Suckers."

[truebrit71]

15. "In Iraq we found a threat to the entire world."

Oh really? Where? When?

Moran.

[MellowOne]

23. My reaction as well

Didn't we just have reports all over the news about not finding WMDs? So when did he find out Iraq was a threat to the entire world?

Are people really this gullible?

[Goathead]

17. Bubbleboy Bush, living in his own little world

What a fucking coward! :grr:

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[Megahurtz]

21. Confront threats???

Last I heard Bin Laden is still wandering around somewhere.

Further evidence to me that maybe it was all planned after all.