Bush "Disappointed" with US Troops

[benburch]

HOW DARE HE?

How. Dare. He.

I am SO angry over that comment.

He needs to get shot at like they are; He needs to go over there and lead on the ground in person.

What an a$$hole.

-Ben

[skooooo]

1. That must have been another slip up...??

..made no sense...

[madrchsod]

2. noooo it was

are good friends the new iraqi army that doesn`t want to kill woman and children.

[asthmaticeog]

3. He was talking about undertrained Iraqi troops

Yeah, he's an asshole, no doubt, but let's stick to hating him for shit he DID say and do. He said nothing bad about US troops.

[Th1onein]

23. Nope....he said "OUR" troops. Period.

It kind of surprised me, too. I was wondering, "hey, did I miss something that some of our troops did?" What's the deal?

[kerryin2004]

4. he was talking about iraqi troops

n/t

[kckc]

5. I heard that too...

and my mouth is still hanging open. I can't believe (well, yes I can believe) he had the gall to say that. This man is a disgrace.

[Not Me]

6. Check the transcript later

I thought he was talking about Iraqi security people.

[Gothic Sponge]

7. I heard that too

I'm outraged and speechless!

[eaprez]

8. I Think he pissed off

a lot of people with that remark. What gall coming from someone who didn't show up for his damn weekend warrior crap.

[Renew Deal]

9. He meant Iraqi troops.

But I hope I am wrong.

[BeyondGeography]

11. He did, but he was typically unclear

I'm sure a clarification will be issued later.

[eaprez]

12. He said...

...many of OUR troops....not coalition, not Iraqi. He's thrown around the phrase "Iraqi people" enough....he could have been specific if thats what he meant. I don't think thats what he meant. Like everything else....he is shifting the blame elsewhere....now its the troops fault.

[benburch]

13. That's what I heard too.

The cowardly bastard.

[lapfog_1]

15. Bush slips up again

I'm pretty sure that YOU are right, he said "OUR TROOPS"... but
I didn't quite hear (or parse) what he had said just before that,
so this could be just another slip up.

[kckc]

10. thanks for the clarification.

I am trying to listen as little as possible in order to keep from throwing something at the tv. But he is still a disgrace :)

[Zero Gravitas]

14. Iraqi troops

he's dissapointed with the Iraqi troops !?!?!?!? So its the Iraqi's fault not his.

ASSHOLE!

[benburch]

17. No.

He said "Our Troops"

He is disappointed with "Our Troops"

[Deja Q]

16. Then Bush can buy a gun, haul his apostate ass over to Iraq and shoot

beside them. I agree entirely.

Filthy fucking TRAITOR he is, for thinking that, let alone saying that, when you consider Iraq was a war of VENGEANCE - of which he used 9/11, which was a definite LIHOP and MIHOP is still not beyond a reasonable doubt...

Not to forget vet bennies he's whittled dowm, along with everything else -the list of which is too much to rememebr and too much to write in one post.

Man, this country has really taken a plummet and *, NOT CLINTON DAMMIT, is the fucking cause.

4 years ago, people wondered how bad * could make things.

Well, now we know.

If people have developed even one brain cell, they'll think to never vote for a fuckin' neocon ever again.

[benburch]

18. That coward

He wouldn't put his ass on the line for ANYTHING.

Not his family.

Not his nation.

He would crap his pants first.

[benburch]

19. This is still the worst thing he said tonight.

This needs to be the HEADLINE on every liberal blog on the planet.

[sasquatch]

20. They didn't kill enough brown people for oil to his likeing

:argh:He's worse that those fucking merceneries.

[leanings]

21. He was clearly talking about Iraqi troops.

He said some performed brilliantly, some didn't, we'd get them training and equipment, blah blah blah.

[benburch]

22. That's not what I and others heard.

Who has a recording so we can parse it?

[Killarney]

24. Wait for the transcript and we'll see.

[Karenina]

25. And be sure to compare it to a video

as the *machine has a penchant for cleaning up transcripts.

[Nlighten1]

26. I just heard it on AAR.

He was talking about the Iraqi troops/police

[Wubbman]

27. He was referring to Iraqi troops-I'm reading the transcript right now

"We'll also need to continue training the Iraqi troops. I was disappointed in the performance of some of the troops. Some of the units performed brilliantly. Some of them didn't. And we need to find out why. If they're lacking in equipment, we'll get them equipment. If there needs to be more intense training, we'll get more intense training."

I can understand how you were mistaken though. He only referred to them as Iraqi once throughout the whole paragraph.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/politics/13CND-BTEX.html?pagewanted=4

See for yourselves though. Its about 2/3 of the way to the bottom.

[underpants]

28. Right it was the Iraqi troops but not very well stated

Go figure.