Bush says 'world a better place' because of Iraq war

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20040318/ts_alt_afp/us_iraq_vote_040318184209&e=2

Puke alert....

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"The world is better off and the American people are more secure" because of the invasion, Bush told US troops who have served in Iraq and their families in a speech to mark the anniversary.

Without mentioning the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Bush insisted he had used the best intelligence available on the Iraqi threat before ordering the invasion on March 20 last year.

"In Iraq, my administration looked at the intelligence information and we saw a threat. Members of Congress looked at the intelligence and they saw a threat. The United Nations (news - web sites) Security Council looked at the intelligence and it saw a threat.

"I had a choice to make: either to take the word of a madman or take such threats seriously and defend America. Faced with that choice, I will defend America every time."

[EdGy]

1. Bush is a liar

Funny, the world does not think that it is better off.

I guess Bush knows better than the world what is good for it.

This statement alone is full of lies. Someone should pound him with tv commercials focusing on the lies of BUSH!

[skjpm]

4. We could have disarmed Saddam without deaths!

The point is not whether the world is better off without Saddam, it's that we picked the worst strategy possible! I wish Kerry et. al. would stand up and say this. We could have achieved the same goal without war, without deaths, without innocent suffering. Once we had clearly established there were no WMDs (which would have taken maybe another 2 weeks) we could have easily gotten rid of the fangless Saddam with diplomatic pressure, probably by offering him a flight to Syria. And no one would have died! The world is not better off when thousands have died unnecessarily!

[The Stranger]

14. Is Iraq really better off? Maybe that premise should be questioned.

The Neocons seem to say they haven't yet found the weapons of mass destruction.

We haven't yet determined whether Iraq is heading towards democracy or Hellish civil war?

[Jacobin]

17. Ahem. Apparently Clinton had already "disarmed" him

[stepnw1f]

36. Clinton Disarmed Saddam

The war should have never happened. My prayers to the soldiers and their families, and the rest of the world.

[southpaw72]

2. blah blah blah

he says the same thing every time, over and over...

[bif]

3. The UN looked at the intelligence and said 'DON'T DO IT!"

YOU FUCKING LIAR!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Reminds me of Babs numerous appearances while campaigning

for Poppy claiming the world was safer after Gulf War One...clips of which can be seen on the documentary DeepDishTV

[montana_hazeleyes]

6. Well, in his own words,

it appears he* "took the word of a madman". (his own)

[wryter2000]

7. About 200 Spanish families

There are about 200 Spanish families who'd love to have that statement explained.

[Ruby Romaine]

8. *'s world is better! He's looting the world.

Remember "I don't have anthrax"
(It's all about me)

[LSK]

10. he should go to Spain

and try to say the same thing there. How long until he is lynched? 10 minutes?

[livetohike]

9. Apparently he never tires of saying this

"The world is better off and the American people are more secure"

It's his mantra and the more he says it, the more he believes it. I'm so sick of his limited talking points. Kerry should latch on to this one and hammer him, imo.

[JusticeForAll]

25. It's similar to

Outsourcing is good for our economy.

He has no idea how the majority feels. He will soon :)


This guy is whacked. :grr:

[Malva Zebrina]

37. actually, how the people feel has never been a concern of his

remember "who cares what you think"?

He believes he is a leader--in his mind he is King. He could give a shit about the people in this country. Everything about this pipsqueak of a prick is geared toward making himself King and is geared toward preserving his families fortune. His postion is most important==HE is most important. HE is insane.

[Malva Zebrina]

11. Yup--that is the revision they have latched on to

and the talking point meme. He will say it over and over--Rumfeld will help and say it was worth it and so will Powell, over and over. The Republicans, in the House, will all stand up and say the same meme over and over and over--and they all desperately hope that people will forget that Bush lied numerous times about Iraq WMD, invaded and murdered ten thousand innocent people--they think if they say it over and over and over and over--it will become the truth, I have no respect whatsoever for any person that goes along with this. Bush lied--do not let anyone forget it. He took this country to war on lies--war is not a game where he wears a costume and visits military bases. War is not romantic--and troops are not mythological beings who are automatically "brave" He murdered ten thousand human beings and did not care . He lied. Never forget it and never let anyone get away with anything he has manufactured to cover up his crimes. Do not let anyone say otherwise.

Do NOT let it happen this time.

[PartyPooper]

12. "Madman"

The term pretty much describes Junior and his own evil ineptness-and, unquenchable thirst for war and destruction.

[Just Me]

13. His "world of the elite" may be better off, but the rest of humanity,...

,...is suffering under his rule. He sucks!!!!

[saigon68]

15. His "world of the elite" is better off

They live in gated communities. They have armored limousines. They drive exotic cars, when they feel its safe. Most of them remain relatively low key.

Their Lear jets whisk them away to St Bart's St. Kitt's and other exotic places.

Their children attend private finishing schools and later attend Harvard, Yale, Brown etc.

They go from government jobs at the DOD, Justice or positions in the executive branch , directly to private industry. (and sometimes vice versa)

Plastic surgeons are at their beck and call if the jowels sag or they need botox here or there.

The only minorities they deal with are people economically similar who know their place.

They are generally beautiful sophisticated people.

Their children will never know the draft, poverty or want of any kind, the best medical care is their right.

Someday at the hands of a mob they may be ripped to pieces.

[Just Me]

28. I don't believe a "mob" is necessary.

Being cunning and powerful and united would be far more impactful than a mob that rips anything to pieces,...in my humble view.

[saigon68]

34. I'm certainly not suggesting a mob is needed for change

I love seeing these elite pricks get their asses kicked by the great unwashed.

Like in the King riots in LA here goes an elite asshole in his Lexus down the road----next thing a Mob of "residents" in S. Central is kicking and stomnping his sorry white ass.

LOL

[Art_from_Ark]

53. The Lexus driver apparently did a stupid thing

but that doesn't mean the guy deserved to get pulverized for it if he wasn't openly provoking anyone.

[Jacobin]

16. Um, "In what way?" would it be safer Mr. Pretzledent?

dingbat sock puppet for PNAC.

[jpak]

18. Before the war - no US troops dying on a daily basis.

After the war - US troops dying on a daily basis.

Before the war - there are no WMD in Iraq.

After the war - there are no WMD in Iraq.

Before the war - unborn taxpayers were not spending $4 billion a month to occupy Iraq.

After the war - unborn taxpayers rack up $ 4 billion a month in debt to occupy Iraq.

Before the war - ten thousand Iraqi civilians are alive.

After the war - ten thousand Iraqi civilians are dead.

Before the war - Saddam controls all of Iraq's oil revenue.

After the war - Bush and Blair control all of Iraq's oil revenue.

Before the war - thousands of Iraqis lanquish in Saddam's prisons - most without charge.

After the war - 27,000 Iraqis languish in US military prisons - most without charge.

Before the war - Osama Bin Laden is on the loose and plotting against the US.

After the war - Osama Bin Laden is on the loose and plotting against the US.

Before the war - No Al Qaeda in Iraq.

After the war - Lots of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Before the war - Iraq had an oppressive secret police force.

After the war - Iraq has a #3 billion dollar US future-taxpayer-funded CIA established and operated oppressive secret police force.

Before the war - Iraq was ruled by a crook (Saddam).

After the war - Iraq will be ruled by a crook (Chalabi).

Before the war - America commanded respect in the world.

After the war - everyone hates us.

Before the war - Halliburton stock floundering

After the war - Hallibuton stock increases dramatically.

Yup - things are looking up!

on edit: Forgot one...

Before the war - no suicide bombers in Iraq.

After the war - suicide bombers kill 660 Iraqi civilians (and counting).

on edit 2: forgot another one...

Before the war - Thousands of US military families had their loved ones at home.

After the war - 100,000 of the loved ones will spend months away for home in Iraq.

[saigon68]

22. A list of Shame ------ for the War criminals

And especially President Cheney's clueless, witless, sock puppet

[Barkley]

33. You forgot one: before the war oil was about $30 per barrel

and today its $38.18 per barrel and rising.

Great Posting!

[JohnnyFianna1]

43. That would make an incredible Dean or Kucinich commercial

[DieboldMustDie]

19. If that's what his aides told him...

how would he know any better?

[skypilot]

20. Is it now official administration policy...

...that they have to say that every other day?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. World a better place. Iraq a better place. America safer. Blah, blah, blah.

[damnraddem]

21. Not only is the world a worse place, and America less secure, ...

because of the Iraq Invasion. The world and America are much worse off generally because of Dubya.

[peacebuzzard]

23. This aberration is eternally smitten with delusions.....

his brain's a toxic polluted shit hole.x(

[peekaloo]

24. his "intelligence" is THE threat.

Historical revisionism 101.

[CO Liberal]

26. CO Liberal says 'world a worse place' because of Pretzelboy

:-)

[donco6]

39. Your word holds a lot more weight with me . . .

. . . than anything pretzelboy has ever spewed.

[Endangered Specie]

27. Yeah, so where is the buck-10 gasoline?

[Disturbed]

29. Better world and safer?

For whom?

Iraq is a mess.
Afghanistan is a mess.
Haiti is a mess.
Amerika is a mess.

Amerikan cities are falling apart. People are dying from lack of proper Health Care, Air and Water Polution is on the rise, and around 8 Million people can't find jobs. Re-location of Mfg. and Outsourcing is rampant. The Amerikan borders are open for any terrorists to enter. Habeous corpus is nuetered.

Add to the list of how Amerika is not better off or any safer.

[Zero Gravitas]

30. In other news

The chocolate ration is going up! Again!

[Lisa]

31. coming from a guy who thought 2001 (including September) was "fabulous"

I think he needs to look up a lot of words, e.g. "better", in the dictionary before he throws them around like that.

[w4rma]

32. The parrot in the White House is like a broken record. (n/t)

[goclark]

42. Bush Can

Kiss my :kick:

[trapper914]

35. Unless you just checked into a Baghdad hotel

eom

[teryang]

38. I have a choice, accept the word of a madman, liar,

...fraud, traitor, aggressor, killer, sneak, and thief, or defend America by evicting a chimp.

...fraud, traitor, aggressor, killer, sneak, and thief, or defend America by evicting a chimp.

Isn't that one of those first grade epigrams by Eugene Fields- Each and every day, everything gets better in every way. :puke:

[leesa]

40. Isn't it obvious how nicely things have turned out?

[gulliver]

41. What happened to "safer?"

Bush always says "safer" too. Did he forget this time? Maybe he doesn't want to argue that any more.

[MasonJar]

44. For whom? Not the dead and maimed Iraqi children. Haliburton,

damn straight.

[pinniped]

45. I wish this POS ASSHOLE would shut his piehole.

Lying, stupid, trash spewing AWOL POS.

"In Iraq, my administration looked at the intelligence information and we saw a threat."

Of course there was solid evidence proving otherwise. But in order to steal the oil and make his fat buddies fatter they concocted some WMD threat shit.

These fcukers are all doomed to hell.

I dare that asshole to walk the streets of Baghdad.

[goclark]

46. What Kind Of Jacket Was That?

That entire performance gave me a stomach ache.

What was that jacket he had on? At first glance, it looked like some type of Army jacket. On second glance it made me think that he was trying to make us believe that he was in the Army too, Slick trick Mr. Unpresident.

Now if you can turn over the rest of your missing files to prove that you really served you can go on with your old movie star act.

When will America get it? How can they believe that he is for real?

[Jaybird]

47. Jaybird says....

bush is a lying sack of shit

[Tellurian]

48. In a nutshell:

[Norquist Nemesis]

49. Oh the IRONY!

"I had a choice to make: either to take the word of a madman or take such threats seriously and defend America. Faced with that choice, I will defend America every time."

I couldn't have said it better. Boot Bush!! Vote Democrat '04!! :bounce:

[Occulus]

50. self sabotage

""The world is better off and the American people are more secure" because of the invasion, Bush told US troops who have served in Iraq and their families in a speech to mark the anniversary."

He's setting himself up for failure if there's another terra attack. Now he has no choice: there can be no other attack between now and November, or he knows his goose is cooked.

The man is either colosally stupid or suspiciously confident.

[kodi]

51. gee, he seems to have dropped that niggling little adjective "imminent"

bush's abuse of language is a cross between Orwellian and Humpty Dumptyism.

it is appalling that otherwise capable journalists do not call out the frigging liar on it.

yes, yes, we know they are media whores, but there is now a sea change in the manner the press is dealing with the power structure.

i will henceforth refer to it as journalistic lysenkoism

[rustydog]

52. Bush has also said he is compassionate and a uniter, not a divider

I believe Hitler claimed he was a pretty nice feller too. We allknow how that lying shit turned out.
Want to bet this lying shit is his double?

[Mari333]

54. Oh gag!!!! send his sorry punk ass over there someone please!

that lowlife scum son of a bitch!!
EVERYONE MARCH AGAINST THE BASTARD TOMORROW

[doc03]

55. If we invaded France about 40% of the idiots in this country would

say the world was a better place. The 9-11 attack was a terrible thing. The part people in the US don't seem to understand is how insignificant a thing it was compared with what other countries have endured. The US lost something like 300-400,000 in WWII. France lost something like 3.5 million, Russia lost from 20-30 million. All of Europe was devastated in WWI and WWII while we were unharmed here, how can we expect much sympathy from those countries.

[Bridget Burke]

57. Yet we did get sympathy from those countries after 9/11.

I was distressed by Americans saying "this shouldn't happen here"--as if such a crime should happen anywhere.

But the graphic horror caused a wave of sympathy, even from people whose own countries have seen worse. If that energy had been directed to a real effort to fight terrorism, some good might have been accomplished. But Afghanistan was invaded, Iraq was invaded, and many of those countries have turned against us. Or against Bush, at least.

[Barkley]

56. America got safer when we closed US military bases in Saudi Arabia

And we'll get more safe after we take our troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.

Bring the Troops Home NOW!

[tlcandie]

58. A madman decided not to take the word of another madman;

albeit I'm not so sure that Saddam was as mad as our current chimp... NICE!

I would like to know which Americans are better off? No one bothered to ask me what I thought, but then again, they don't listen anyway, so why waste my time!

[struggle4progress]

59. Do a Worldwide Tour, George!

Set an example for the rest of us!

Show everybody how safe you feel!

Really see thirty or forty countries! Find them on a map with Laura! Learn to pronounce their names!

[swinney]

60. World Better Off? No No No

1. 10,000 civilians dead. Each death has 20 grievers. 20X10,000=200,000 seeking revenge

2. 10,000 soldiers massacred--=200,000 seeking revenge

3. almost 600 Americans dead-600 X 20=12,000 broken hearts

4. 2772 wounded--2720 X 20= 55,440 in anguish.

5.Many will suffer for lifetime.

6.Many will get disability for 40 plus years.

7. 166 Billion down rat hole. 50B more after Sept.

8. Recall how Conservatives fought tooth and nail to keep President
Clinton from getting 5B for schools? 5B!!

9. A world in hatred of us.

10. How many tourists overseas will die in the future? Many.

Saddam is gone. Big deal He was a danger only only to his political opponents. He was an old demented man who used WMD blarney to keep opponents from overthrowing him.

No Elvira. Iraq is not better off. America is not better off. The world is not better off. Bush opponents are getting a treatment like Saddam gave many of his opponents

The Bush administration is the greatest threat to world peace since Hitler.

Bush is Evil. An Anti-Christ.