Bush: Fallujah Getting Back to 'Normal'

[bluedog]

What kind of drugs is he on /or does he live in an alterative universe


Bush: Fallujah Getting Back to 'Normal'
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By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) said Wednesday he believes most parts of Fallujah are returning to "normal" despite three days of battles with insurgents. Fighting and instability in Iraq (news - web sites) will not force a delay in the June 30 transfer of power, he said

"There are pockets of resistance and our military along with Iraqis will make sure it's secure," Bush told reporters in the Oval Office after a meeting with the prime minister of Sweden.


A series of explosions and gunfire rocked Fallujah, a city near Baghdad, in new fighting on Wednesday, a day after a heavy battle on Tuesday in which U.S. planes and artillery pounded the city in a show of force against insurgents holed up in a slum.


Still Bush insisted: "Most of Fallujah is returning to normal."
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[Claire Beth]

1. bush* is pathetic! n/t

[prodigal_green]

2. SNAFU more like it

Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.

[tom_paine]

3. In Other News: Oceania states "1 + 1 = 3"

My God. He is a fool or a madman or both!

[Beetwasher]

4. Winner of the Orwellian Comment of the Century

:eyes:

The President also said "You know, I hear those A-rabs actually enjoy being bombed. I dunno, they kinda like that stuff, so really, this is good for them! Just giving the heathens what they want."

[w13rd0]

5. I wonder how "normal" most US citizens would think it...

...if in the same situation.

A hostile occupying power is surrounding your village/city, collaborators are on armed patrols with occupiers in poor sections with 'shoot-at-will' orders, neighborhood centers and homes and churches and schools are being repeatedly bombed from the air...

oh wait a sec, I saw that movie, it was called Red Dawn...

[Cocoa]

6. he should have waited til Saturday to say this

the anniversary of "Mission Accomplished."

[AlCzervik]

7. Of course he says that

Thats what he's been told, did ya think incurious George would attempt to verify things himself?

[htuttle]

8. I have video footage of Bush from the first day of the invasion

In it, he states that most Iraqis were greeting US forces 'happily' and 'cheerfully'.

I guess they upped his Xanax dosage again...

:eyes:

[Zero Gravitas]

9. if normal

means being fired at by an AC-130 I'd hate to see what a bad day in Fallujah is like.

[Robbien]

10. What is normal about coming home to find your house gone

and a big burned out crater in its place?

The people in Fallujah are the poorer working class, how are they going to be able to get back to normal after all the damage that has been done to their city?

[Moderator]

11. This is a duplicate story, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x515631