Comments on: Bush Stays the Course on ‘Turning Point’ Rhetoric

By: Think Progress » Blog Archive » Escalation Architect: ‘We Are Turning A Corner In Iraq’

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:23 +0000

[...] administration and its allies have been quick to hail “turning points” in Iraq. As Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) noted, “When you’ve ‘turned the [...]

By: disgrunt » White House Launches Campaign To Politicize Saddam Verdict Ahead of Midterm Elections

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:18:26 +0000

[...] Asked today whether the verdict would be a factor in the U.S. elections, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said, â€œYou are absolutely right, it will be a factor.â€ Snow said the verdict â€œmay fit into a larger narrative about an Iraqi government that has been doing what the president has said all along.â€ He portrayed the decision as yet another turning point for Iraq. â€œThis is a benchmark episode, where the Iraqi people are taking control of their own destiny,â€ he said. [...]

By: Think Progress » White House Launches Effort To Portray Saddam Verdict As Iraq Election Issue

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:32:17 +0000

[...] Asked today whether the verdict would be a factor in the U.S. elections, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said, “You are absolutely right, it will be a factor.” Snow said the verdict “may fit into a larger narrative about an Iraqi government that has been doing what the president has said all along.” He portrayed the decision as yet another “turning point” for Iraq. “This is a benchmark episode, where the Iraqi people are taking control of their own destiny,” he said. [...]

By: Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 23, 2006

Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 23, 2006 — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:02:00 +0000

[...] President Bush once again labeled a political milestone in Iraq as the crucial â€œturning point.â€ â€œWe can expect the violence to continue, but something fundamental changed this weekend,â€ Bush said. [...]

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:57:29 +0000

Bush and those right-wing Fundies are Christians minus the Christ part. Hating and excluding others in the name of Christ is as about as anti-Christ as they come, yet they are so self-riteous. How sad.

By: MXXLENT

MXXLENT — Wed, 03 May 2006 12:06:57 +0000

~~~I don’t know so much about Carter ~~ But I think his Presidency suffered and then crashed from high domestic gas prices and problems in the Middle East ~~ ……..

~~Nixon spied on Americans ~~ perpetuated a useless conflict ~~~and became highly unethical with the politics vis-a-vis the Democrats leading to the Watergate break-in~~

~~~Seems Bush is like a mix of these two ~~ A Nixter ~~:)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:36:04 +0000

I just hope the Democrats take back congress so we can impeach GWB. If he thinks the war was so necessary why didn’t he send the twins. This guy is the worse president of my lifetime, hands down. Nixon was two-bit crook but he had much better diplomatic skills than this crowd.

By: jp

jp — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:33:54 +0000

We are sour on the war because we were lied to by these deceitful fascists. Turning Point? —Ever hear about the boy who cried wolf?

By: jp

jp — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:33:48 +0000

We are sour on the war because we were lied to by these deceitful fascists. Turning Point? —Ever hear about the boy who cried wolf?

By: Cyra Brown

Cyra Brown — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:33:32 +0000

And THIS time, we mean it! But those Iraqi’s who are playing “hard to liberate” will mess it all up, like usual. But GWB will just keep on spinning the poo. It’s what he does.

By: jordisunshine

jordisunshine — Tue, 02 May 2006 14:10:12 +0000

If you turn the corner three times but keep turning sooner and sooner you are in a spiral.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 02 May 2006 13:28:54 +0000

The whirling dervish doctrine?

By: agua fiero

agua fiero — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:37:01 +0000

There are no corners, only the same sad slog of a blind horse which smells a carrot it will never taste……….

By: dlet

dlet — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:32:15 +0000

When you stay on the same path and you “turn the corner” three times you end up where you started.

By: Democrat Soldier

Democrat Soldier — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:24:47 +0000

#38 – The only problem is that you’re not really “turning around”, you’re just doing an 800-point spinning in place.

I’ve spoken with friends who were/are stationed in Iraq, and while we don’t always hear the good news, we also don’t always hear the bad news. (BAD NEWS) Did you know that the “green zone” is still hit by mortars? (GOOD NEWS) It’s no longer every single night. Sometimes, the have a mortar-free night.

I really hope that we do help Iraq, but considering the abysmal track record of the current administration, Pres. Bush, and the elected Republicans (and some Democrats), I’m sure you’ll understand if I don’t ho;d my breath as the vehicle continues to spin in place.

By: C Storms

C Storms — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:12:24 +0000

We are continuing to see progress in Iraq, and it’s good to see that there are so many turing points as we attempt to help Iraqis stear their nation in the right direction. When you need to turn around on a narrow road, you need to make several turning points until you are facing in the right direction.

It’s funny to me that Americans who don’t really want us to win the war are so frustrated by the turning points. I can imagine them sitting in the back seat while I’m making my 3-point turn, making fun of me for almost running off the road, when in reality that’s what has to happen to get me turned around. Won’t they feel foolish when the car is turned around and running in the right direction?

By: bill

bill — Tue, 02 May 2006 11:59:47 +0000

Maybe the cause of all the problems today can be stopped by having the pres stop turning so many times. He must be so dizzy by now from turning so many times that I bet he can’t standup!
billjpa

By: motherlowman

motherlowman — Tue, 02 May 2006 06:53:20 +0000

Do a search of “Bush” “Iraq” “turning point” on firstgov.gov, and you’ll get 2.415 results. We’re not just turning, we’re doing the damn hokey pokey.

By: Bush War Preznut

Bush War Preznut — Tue, 02 May 2006 04:17:34 +0000

Food for thought;;;
Participants: George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Jan 2003]
Jo Husbands, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Husain Haqqani, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderated by Rachel Stohl, Center for Defense Information
Dr Husband;
And one is how much the resumption of arms transfers and military assistance to India and Pakistan is an obvious reaction and reflection of 9/11; that in this situation, the Bush Administration, as other administrations well might have, has turned to an old or what they perceive as an old and reliable instrument of American foreign policy to support an active response to a threat to the United States.
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I would note that the original request was for a waiver for five years of all restrictions on all arms transfers everywhere. What they settled for was a lifting of restrictions on India and Pakistan and some gradual other enabling of transfers to Central Asian countries.
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And the first one is simply the thuddingly obvious point that we are, as George has demonstrated, now engaged in arming both sides of a situation where there have been major conflicts in the past and major recent crises that threatened serious violence and conflict. And that’s a situation of which we should be very much aware and very sensitive.
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[Another turning point? Yeh right.]

The Wings of a Hawk
Why is Bush selling F-16s to Pakistan?
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 7:01 PM ET
With his decision last week to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan, President Bush returns to a dangerous game of self-deception that hasn’t been seen at this level of risk since Richard Nixon was in the White House.
The deal involves a mere couple of dozen F-16s, but it opens up three avenues of great hazard.
First, right after President Bush told the Pakistanis that the sale was on, he called the Indians to assure them he would take a well-disposed look at their weapons wish lists to redress the resulting imbalance. The unfolding dynamic is thus predictable: Pakistan orders still more weapons to compensate for India’s new purchase; India buys more to match the ante; and on the ratcheting goes, the tinderbox swelling.
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As the Corners Turn…

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 02 May 2006 03:57:31 +0000

I think shrubya meant 2 months not 2 weeks – June 30th from now.