Bush urges critics be responsible on Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10258738.htm

Bush urges critics be responsible on Iraq


WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called on Tuesday for a responsible election-year debate on Iraq and said Americans should demand a discussion "that brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries."

...

"There is a difference between responsible and irresponsible debate and it's even more important to conduct this debate responsibly when American troops are risking their lives overseas," Bush told the veterans organization.

Americans know the difference between honest critics who question the way the war is being prosecuted, "and partisan critics who claim that we acted in Iraq because of oil, or because of Israel, or because we misled the American people," said Bush.

He added, "So I ask all Americans to hold their elected leaders to account and demand a debate that brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries."

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. That was a nice way of saying "Shut up, you dissenters you."

[Avalux]

2. He's really going there, isn't he.

partisan critics = comfort to adversaries = aiding and abetting the enemy.

That's how I read it anyway.

[grytpype]

10. if you call me a lier... then you are helpin the emeny.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Oh man, do I ever want to hold you to account, Chimpy! And I will

NOT shut up until I do!

[Supersedeas]

4. but has the 2nd phase of the Intelligence Committee hearing been completed

how can * call it irresponsible if on the face of it - HE DID MISLEAD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

[Inland]

5. "So I ask all Americans to hold their elected leaders to account"

"Am I an elected leader? Rules don't apply to the guy who does the fucking up, just the guys who notice and complain. Now worship me."

[SammyWinstonJack]

103. Since he wasn't elected, I guess we can't hold him to account.

Is he finally admitting he wasn't elected?

[warrens]

6. We'll be just as responsible as you nazis were when lying us into war

Anyone who opposed a traitor, freedom-fries, people shouldn't talk too much, etc. FUCK YOU, you miserable little chickenhawk moron freak punk.

[Submariner]

7. The POS-in-Chief is just setting the table where we eat him alive

If that dickhead thinks WE are not going to drag his ass down then he is just plain delusional.

[zbdent]

8. Sure makes it easy for Repukes to win

when you are not allowed to use the Truth or Facts in campaigns . . . like the Repukes ever really did . . . :eyes:

[flpoljunkie]

9. Interesting how he threw in "or because we misled the American people."

Just a minor infraction--taking a country to war by cherry picking intelligence to make a nonexistent case for the threat that Iraq posed to his country.

Good try, Dubya, but no one is buying who has any idea about what went on in the run up to the war in Iraq--now an occupation without no end in sight.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Speak For Yourself, Mr. Bush!

The only thing that can "bring credit to our democracy" is for you to resign Mr. Bush! Despite what you might think, not everybody wanted this war and YOU and YOU ALONE put our troops at risk by sending them over to fight in this war. We also still have the First Amendment and we the people can still oppose this war and say whatever we want to about it! You want to ensure the safety and well-being of our troops and avoid comforting our adversaries? Get our troops out of Iraq NOW! Also take a memo: OPPOSING THE IRAQ INVASION/OCCUPATION HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH NOT SUPPORTING THE TROOPS!!!! In fact, the rest of us actually support our troops BY opposing your Iraq campaign and supporting an imminent withdrawal of all of our troops. BTW, once this awful occupation of Iraq ends, I hope and pray that it puts to rest the idea that we can and should pre-emptively invade other countries without any (REAL) provocation!

[antonialee839]

12. If he's not using the troops for photo-ops, he's

using them against his adversaries. What an asshole. If you want to be an honest critic, make sure you include in the monkey's own words "oil, or because of Israel, or because we misled the American people".

[Occulus]

13. Truth is not partisan, Mr. Douche.

Truth is truth.

[MrPrax]

14. Putting Iraq on the front burner...

I guess he thinks Iraq is a wedge issue.

Funny the stuff he is being accused of lately, has nothing to do with Iraq of course, but 'cronyism' and the use of the State power, under the guise of security, to spy, smear and destroy political opponents in a constitutional democracy...

Iraq has nothing to do with it with the NEW criticism.

[wookie294]

15. GO'DA'HELL BUSH !

[UpInArms]

16. LOL!

This asshat has more gall than Doans has little green pills.

Impeachment hearings will begin as soon as those "responsible" elected misrepresentatives get their collective heads out of your ass, Mr. Bush.

[HuffleClaw]

17. "I ask all Americans to hold their elected leaders to account..."

oh good, he's asking the people to make sure he's impeached!

and this part, "partisan critics who claim that we acted in Iraq because of oil, or because of Israel, or because we misled the American people," cute how he sneaks israel into that. but the other two parts are true enough and more than proven.

"...a debate that brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries." that is such a complete load of rotting fish. 'comfort to our enemies.' i guess that's part of his 'with us or against us' motto.

oh, and then he made his usual silly demands of the 'international community'

[gratuitous]

18. That shoe's awfully tight on the other foot, isn't it?

Now Stupidhead wants a "responsible" discussion. When we were demanding that back in 2002 and 2003, he and his corrupt cronies were too busy rolling out their new product line, calling folks traitors, and stifling dissent. Now, when his corrupt methods are exposed, he pleads for "responsible" discussion, and in the next breath declares all of his sins of commission and omission off limits to that "responsible" discussion. "Don't tell people that I'm an incompetent, corrupt nincompoop," Stupidhead whines. "That will just confirm what our enemies already know!"

Coke-addled, overprivileged asswipe.

[dusmcj]

19. You bet we're going to hold our elected leaders to account, son. nt

[CrazyOrangeCat]

20. Imbecilic, robotic, little prick . . . n/t

[wisteria]

21. Is anyone really still listening to this man who just pretends to be

our Commander and Chief? I think I liked it better when he was just "strong and resolute", I can not take his weekly speeches on Iraq and his calls for sacrifice anymore. Not for Bush's war of choice.

[MaineYooper]

22. unfreakingbelievable

He gets to define "responsible" debate?

What a worthless, deceiving, manipulative, lying waste of a human life.

[NJmaverick]

23. BARF!

This reminds me of Saddam telling the judge at his trial what to do. A criminal is telling good people how to behave!

[silvermachine]

24. As Hank Hill said to Luanne....

...."just when I think you've said the stupidest thing ever, you keep talking."

[hvn_nbr_2]

25. Critics urge Bush be responsible on Iraq

but we know that the presstitutes won't report it and the boy king won't do it.

[ECH1969]

26. Bush says some war critics irresponsible

President George W. Bush denounced some critics of the Iraq war as irresponsible on Tuesday and called for an election-year debate that "brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries."

In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bush made clear he was girding for battle with Democrats in the run-up to the mid-term congressional election in November, when he will try to keep the U.S. Congress in the hands of his Republican Party.

"There is a difference between responsible and irresponsible debate and it's even more important to conduct this debate responsibly when American troops are risking their lives overseas," Bush told the veterans organization.

The president predicted more tough fighting and more sacrifice ahead in Iraq in 2006 but said he believed progress will be made against the insurgency and on the Iraqi political process and reconstruction.

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-01-10T203607Z_01_KNE025545_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-IRAQ.xml

[Loonman]

27. So Bush still doesn't understand how a free society functions

Fascist prick...

[Horse with no Name]

28. And there is a difference in responsible and irresponsible

disposition of US troops.
Care to elaborate on that Georgie?

[grytpype]

29. Translation: "Don't you dare try to hold me accountable!"

"I lied America into this war, and then I lost the war and I can't pull us out... BUT DON'T YOU DARE SAY SO or you are an irresponsible partisan critic who shames democracy and encourages the enemy!"

FUCK YOU GEORGE!

[fooj]

30. Feed our troops more than ONE MEAL per day...

give them the adequate equipment that they need and then we'll talk about "responsible" behavior! Rat bastard!:grr:

[Auntie Bush]

104. Is that true?

Do our troops only get one meal a day? :shrug:

[stopbush]

31. From the King of Irresponsibility himself!

Too bad the expression "gadzooks" is out of favor.

[1620rock]

43. ...fer Chrissake, what a FUCKSTICK! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

32. election-year debate that "brings credit to our democracy..."

No fear, Boy King, no fear. We will bring so much credit to democracy it will make you sick.

Not to mention unemployed.

[grytpype]

38. golf clap

:toast:

[blm]

33. Bush WORE A WIRE for his debate and now lectures us on responsible debate.

What an asshat. Fuck the media that lets him get away this shit.

[DBoon]

34. there is irresponsible and there is just plain criminal

and causing the death of tens of thousands of people over fake WMD reports falls into which category?

[edbermac]

35. I cannot wait until November!!

When BushCo gets their ass handed to them...

:kick:

[november3rd]

47. Don't count your chickens

With Alito all but enrobed, there are a lot of political shock and awe tactics between now and then. What if terror threats for il Duce to postpone elections for reasons of national security? We need to go on the offensive long before November in order to hold the initiative, and I believe it means Dems reaching out to the military and security agencies--like John Murtha is doing.

[stop the bleeding]

36. I would like to exercise my freedom of speech right now -- to *

Fuck off, you stupid-ass cheerleader.

How dare you lecture anyone about responsibility.

Shame on you, shame, shame.

I am livid right now.:mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad::grr::mad:

[peacetalksforall]

37. They pretend that our kids are there for the country. Everyone is

learning that they are there for Dick and the corporations. Big joke - now people who know are targets of Geroge. Big George. Big-little white good guy awake and propagandizing.

[Clyde39]

39. I criticize going to war in the first place

Talk about irresponsible!!

[Avalux]

40. Don't you DARE tell me what to say Whistle Ass!

And if you want a battle - bring it on. We will fight your rhetoric with truth and we will win. Don't try to silence me.

[pinto]

41. His writers construct strawman nonsense that's meant to be undebatable.

And he mouths the words - somewhat - as if they actually say something.


:grr:

[Bake]

42. So georgie, what exactly WOULD be responsible?

Oh, silly me. No criticism at all. Of course.

:sarcasm:

Bake

[Bossy Monkey]

44. This from the ultimate expert on irresponsibility n/t

[Dawgs]

45. Here's the problem...

The only way this statement would wash with the American public is if they trusted what he says. Most think he's a bafoon; so it doesn't matter what he says.

[rocktivity]

46. Rocknation Says Bush And All War Supporters Are Irresponsible

:headbang:
rocknation

[EarlG]

48. "There is a difference between responsible and irresponsible debate"

Right - and don't tell me, King George gets to decide what's responsible and what's irresponsible.

[dave29]

49. irresponsible debate

bwahahahahahahahaha

[Bob3]

50. How the hell does he know what brings comfort to our Adversaries

The man's an incompetent ape (no insult to the millions of competent apes out there) he doesn't know what the hell he's doing - his people are as incompetent as he is - about the only thing they are good at is ripping off the federal government wholesale - and he has the nerve to preach responsibly? How about taking a little for putting troops in harms way for no reason you seem comfortable with sharing with us? And stop trying to pretend you're goddamn FDR or winston churchill while you're at it. You're George the IV and you're having problems dealing with a revolt in you newest colony.. or maybe Ethelred the Unready (my favorite honorific among english kings)

[fooj]

57. "I don't spend much time thinking about Bin Laden"

Don't you think that brings COMFORT to our adversaries?

Little Lord Pissypants wants to be King! Grrrrrrr...

Peace.

[liveoaktx]

51. Still giving the same old Terror Terror speech.

[rucky]

52. That's like getting a lecture on parenting from Joan Crawford. n/t

[grateful581]

53. Irresponsible to say that Bush has no strategy for Iraq

Screw That!
What is your strategy Bush?
How many americans have to die for your Bulls**t war bush?
When is that Iraq oil money going to pay for this war bush?
Where's Osama Bin Laden bush?

American blood is on your hands bush!

[laylah]

54. Jenn says

ALL warmongers will burn in Hell!

[Zorra]

55. Zorra says Bu*h is a certifiable lying fucking asshole.

Who gives a flying shit about what Bu*h says anymore. His credibility is less than zero.

[neuvocat]

62. He wants a debate, huh?

No problem. Let's all have John Kerry go up and stand in for us on the first round. Then we'll have Wesley Clark on the second round and then last but not least, Howard Dean to finish him off. That is of course if he doesn't decide to keep "rescheduling in the middle of a busy campaign cycle" like he did during the GOP primaries back in 2000, the Presidential debates during the same year, and the Presidential debates in '04.

[Obamarama]

64. Screw him and the stolen election he rode in on...

MILLIONS and MILLIONS and MILLIONS say Bush is irresponsible. Our voices are greater than that simian imbecile. Go cry yourself a river, George, and paddle yourself around it you lame duck.

[LiberalPartisan]

65. Let's all get LOUDER!

Heir Booosh - you own this failed attempt at empire building and we will never let you or the world forget what a Fascist puke you are. I will continue to dissent loudly and publically!

Take your 'irresponsibility' and shove it.


p.s. - Say hello to your booze hound mom and philandering pop!

[Orsino]

83. Bush critics say some war is irresponsible. n/t

[young_at_heart]

56. Sorry...... credibility no longer exists!

How can anyone (other than Cheney, etc.) know why we "acted" in Iraq?

[hatrack]

58. In other words, don't ask any hard questions.

Say what you will, exercise your "freedoms", but don't expect answers or accountability or expect me to deal with any difficult issues.

Asshole.

[Faygo Kid]

59. The least bit of skepticism and you are The Enemy to Bush

Look what has happened to even his lightest critics, like Paul O'Neill, Gen. Shinseki. Whoever wrote the speech for him understands that when Bush says "responsible" dissent, he means no dissent. I join others as a skeptic, just not as effective as The Man. . .

[CJCRANE]

60. "...we acted in Iraq because of oil,

or because of Israel, or because we misled the American people,".

[IA_Seth]

61. Bush: "Mine brain is hurted cuz these umm...questions" n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

67. If you hurt Bush's brain with hard questions

you hate America and you're giving aid and comfort to our enemies.

[sniffa]

63. fuck you you piece of shit

try taking responsibiLity yourseLf and stop being such a coward.

impeachment is too good for you.

[buddysmellgood]

66. I concur

[Inland]

68. Reid picked up on irony, calls Bush to be accountable nt

[jimshoes]

69. There is either freedom of speech

or their isn't. There is no middle ground. How about responsible war mongering vs. irresponsible war mongering?

[leftchick]

70. Bush to Democrats: Don't Chide Iraq Policy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060110/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday warned Democratic critics of his Iraq policy to watch what they say or risk giving "comfort to our adversaries" and suffering at the ballot box in November. Democrats said Bush should take his own advice.

There are still 10 months left before congressional elections in which the president's Republican Party could lose its dominance of Capitol Hill; a recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll found Americans prefer Democratic control over a continued GOP majority by 49 percent to 36 percent. But Bush is wasting no time engaging the battle. In his first speech of 2006 on the road, last week in Chicago, he aggressively challenged Democrats on the economy.

Tuesday's equally sharp message represented an attempt by the president to neutralize Democrats' ability to use Iraq — where violence is surging in the wake of December parliamentary elections and messy negotiations to form a new coalition government — as an election-year cudgel against Republicans.

Bush acknowledged deep differences over Iraq among casualty-weary Americans, just 39 percent of whom approve of his handling of the war, according to AP-Ipsos. Without specifically mentioning Democrats, the president urged campaigning politicians to "conduct this debate responsibly."

[MichiganVote]

71. Bush is to Phelps as a donkey is to ass....

[Debi]

72. Bush to Democrats - Knock it off or I'm gonna tell n/t

[politicaholic]

73. Bush getting elected was the biggest comfort to our adversaries...

but it's nice to see GW expanding his vocabulary to big words like "adversary".

[Lorien]

74. * doesn't know the meaning of "responsible conduct"

He has recklessly flushed our Nation down the toilet in this unwinnable war which will certainly leave us in the same financial straits as the cold war did Russia. Why DOES BushCo hate America so much?

[Richard Steele]

78. You may have answered your own question.

Organized criminals made BILLIONS of dollars in
what was left of the old Soviet Union.
Bush's policies only hurt US;
he and his pals are making money like never before.


B*shCabal™ is making billions destroying the USA.
Once it's been destroyed, they will make billions selling the ruins for scrap.
And someday, they will make billions building it up again
under a new system of Corporate Feudalism.

[sharp_stick]

75. Bush should

just go fuck himself. That arrogant asshole is the biggest gift our enemies could hope to get.

[NorCalDem]

76. hahaha, hilarious. Bush, GFY! n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

77. jr knows all about "comfort" - Southern Comfort.

[adriennui]

79. adriennui to the chimp

f--k the hell up. we're not interested in what you of all people have to say.

[BadGimp]

80. #*&@ YOU GWB

What #*&@ ing scummbag @*^hole

this makes me soo mad ...

[Rex]

81. Watch what you say or Mc Carthy might put you on a list.

Fuck Boosh and his fascist drivel.

[m0nkeyneck]

82. 'a responsible debate' is the last thing he wants..

[0007]

84. Didn't junior just tell the nation last summer when Cindy

Cindy Sheehan was protesting at Crawford, "this is what Democratic is all about, being able to voice your opinion, it our right to protest. It's our First Amendment right, he said"

[Lilith Velkor]

85. Bullshit my asshole

Your blithering lunacy and incompetence brings comfort to our enemies, you douchebag. The responsible fucking thing to do is recall your ass and try you for war crimes.

[PVK]

86. It's things like this that make me give to the DNC.

Howard Dean asked me for $ tonight to make January a fundraising milestone. He said we have the Republicans "on the ropes" and that "they won't know what hit them" in 2006. Works for me.

[Judi Lynn]

87. Bush says voters will sort out 'partisan' criticism of Iraq war

Posted 1/11/2006 1:02 AM

Bush says voters will sort out 'partisan' criticism of Iraq war
By David Jackson, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — President Bush tied Iraq to the November congressional elections Tuesday, saying voters would distinguish between the war's "honest critics" and "partisan critics."

"They know the difference between a loyal opposition that points out what is wrong and defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right," Bush said during a speech here to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

In outlining his Iraq strategy for 2006, Bush said morale drops "when our soldiers hear politicians in Washington question the mission they are risking their lives to accomplish."

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Bush is using the troops "as a shield against legitimate criticism of his Iraq war policy."
(snip/...)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-11-bush_x.htm

[Trillo]

88. He's been using the word "defeat"ist quite a lot lately.

Also, "despair" at least once I seem to recall.

[Erika]

89. W is desperate to right a wrong war and his wrong call

See www.icasualties.org Many of our dead troops over the weekend have finally been confirmed by the DOD, including a 25 year old girl. They were there because?

[TheBaldyMan]

90. something went right in Iraq?

I must have been away that day.

[mike_c]

91. OK-- lets have a national referendum...

...if the chimp is so sure that voters have the clue. Let's put the war against Iraq to an up or down vote.

[Nabia2004]

97. Bush is flaunting his regime's power, they own the votes

It's not who votes but who counts the vote. I suspect they would be happy to put it up to a referendum.

[emald]

92. morale drops because the SOB that sent them lied to get it done

just saying.

[HuffleClaw]

93. translation: yer with us or yer against us!

'defeatists who...' ?

i THOUGHT the word of the day was 'irresponsible' !

[roguevalley]

94. ridiculous twit. Incredibly ridiculous twit.

[BadGimp]

95. Rovian mind fuc time

It's really brilliant when you think about it.

They always get out in front of the Democrats who fail to use the same tactics, strategies, disinformation and spin practices and ploys. I mean they work so well, why not use them to equeally great effect?

[countmyvote4real]

96. I guess * got that half right.

* said morale drops "when our soldiers hear politicians in Washington question the mission they are risking their lives to accomplish."

The people, the politicians and the soldiers still don’t know what that mission (or noble cause) is. Please, Dear Leader, tell us all now why we are still there when You as CIC declared, “All combat operations are over.” One would assume that was the call to retreat. That didn’t happen along with many of the actions in this war created by the * administration and their silent counterpoints in the corporate MSM.

It wasn’t because the neo-cons have a vision and a goal that is worth SO much more than the paltry lives of our troops. On the other hand, there are those Iraqi oil reserves.

Truth or Dare time:

If you were a major shareholder of an oil company (like Halliburton) and the POTUS and VPOTUS were committed to ensuring your profits at any cost, what would you really do?

Cash out or go along with it?

I’ll leave it at that. Maybe Karma will sort it out. I an only hope.

[rodeodance]

98. "a loyal opposition" --are they the mod Repugs (and Lieberman type?)

[rodeodance]

99. Labeling the critics as 'partisan' is not helpful either.

[allisonthegreat]

100. If Israel decides to attack Iran...It ain't going to make any ...

difference anyway. Bushie will not be held accountable for a damn thing...He is the biggest terrorist I know...

[wordpix]

101. Chimpy doesn't want us to talk about his corporate cronies making billions

off his "energy policy" and war profiteering

[formercia]

102. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny

How can fearless Leader say that with a straight face. He is the one giving comfort to the enemy. Osama wanted the US to invade Iraq because he knew that an attack on a Muslim country, even a secular one, would generate armies of new recruits that would not otherwise have joined the fray. SHAME for him to say that.

[dchill]

105. To be fair, George...

we will also hold our UN-elected leaders to account as well. Americans who are against the Iraq fail-a-thon are NOT the ones who caused it.