Bush: Spike in sectarian killings just a “snapshot.”
By on May 24th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Bush: Spike in sectarian killings just a “snapshot.”
President Bush, 5/10/07:
The level of sectarian violence is an important indicator of whether or not the strategy that we have implemented is working. Since our operation began, the number of sectarian murders has dropped substantially.
Bush today:
Q: Mr. President, are you surprised by reports today from the Iraqis that sectarian killings are actually on the rise to pre- troop surge levels? [...]
BUSH: Yes, I’m — there’s — certainly there’s been an uptick in violence. It’s a snapshot. It’s a moment.
UPDATE: Actually, as this Washington Post graphic shows, sectarian killings are actually getting worse.
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its a snapshot, its a moment…. so is your legacy
May 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pmAbuse of power, impeach Murtha
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0507/Murtha_sends_Rogers_an_apology_note.html
May 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pmThat’s a Nurse Ratched, Momma Karen Hughes talking point. One could also say that 9/11 was a snapshot too.
-GSD
May 24th, 2007 at 1:07 pm“It’s a number.” – Tony Snow
“It’s a snapshot.” – Idiot Bush
You’re inability to understand what you have done is coming in loud and clear.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:08 pmand if you put all those snapshots together, you get a moving image of Iraq descending into civil war and dragging us down with them
May 24th, 2007 at 1:09 pmSnapshots, upticks, and commas…
But we’re turning a corner, right?
It’s kind of fascinating, just watching this once-great nation unravel…
May 24th, 2007 at 1:09 pmHappy Guy,
Nice work!! Impeach Murtha for an abuse of power?!?!?!? Seriously???
Warrantless wiretapping. Abuse of power.
Using the government offices and personnel for straight political gain. Abuse of power.
Signing statements. Abuse of power.
Get a life and a brain.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pmHappy Guy, stay on topic or STFU. Don’t particularly care which.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pmYup, just another blip on the radar.
FU, Chimp!
May 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pmHe’s only wish’s that was so. I guess when your in the Bush bubble you only know what’s spoon fed to you that moment.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:11 pmIt’s a snapshot.
It’s a moment.
It’s a comma.
It’s a number.
What is it going to take to get rid of this maniac?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:12 pmHow can it be a snapshot? Iraq’s government banned the photographing of scenes of violence and destruction, remember?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:14 pmHappy Guy, stay on topic or STFU. Don’t particularly care which.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
Can I vote for STFU?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:14 pmIf what it means to be American is that you view heinous murder and torturous oppression as a “Kodak moment”, then Iran and the world would be justified in raining down nuclear warheads all over this god forsaken place we call the continental United States of America.
Murder and oppression does NOT become less heinous due to the political or religious affiliations of the perpetrators.
We either stop this murderer, or accept our complicity in the crimes. Unlike what many say, there is no “gray” area with this issue.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:14 pmOops, wrong again Shrub.
Look, you don’t have to be impeached, you could just resign.
But that’s what honorable people do, so you’ll have to go down with the sinking ship, Dumbya.
One man’s pride before a Nation’s well being!
How stupid can one little man be?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:16 pmThere’s been a lot of dead and dismembered commas under the Chimp’s reign.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:17 pmWhat is it going to take to get rid of this maniac?
Comment by Zooey
Organized people. Like all social movements.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pmNever ending excuses… someone should be fired by now.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pmI think the bushies have hit on a brilliant strategy, just say and do the most absurd things possible at every single level of the administration and people will be so overwhelmed they’ll spend most of their time trying to get their brains around what just happened. Do this multiple times a day and rational thought suddenly seems to be abnormal.I really think they want to get the populace soo angry as to cause a mini-revolt so they can impose marshal law and begin weeding out everyone who disagrees with their ideology. I wish each and everyone of them death.See,it’s already working.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:20 pmIt’s a snapshot. It’s a moment. Is it going to be on TimeLife magazine?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:21 pm#2 – It’s an alleged abuse of house rules, you f*cking retard.
Abuse of power – that is what your side practised under Nixon, refined under Reagan, and perfected under this Bush.
As for Bush, he ain’t a snapshot of your party, he’s the embodiment of the warmongering corruption you brownshirted maggots drool over.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:21 pmYou want the definition of a coward? David Sirota tells us that Democrats are trying to come with a rule to prevent the public from seeing how they vote on the Iraq funding bill.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:21 pmSo…we need to keep troops there because of Al Qaida. The question is, will we be sending the troops to every country with Al Qaida or is it just Iraq? Why don’t we just send troops to Saudia Arabia? Let me answer, Bush can’t think of a good reason to invade them first and take over the oil.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:22 pmchrist what a jack ass
May 24th, 2007 at 1:22 pmOrganized people. Like all social movements.
Comment by Juan C
We’re doomed.
I hope I’m wrong….
May 24th, 2007 at 1:23 pmMemo to Bush: Your calculated comments, intended to downplay the death and destruction you have caused, are not working.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:26 pmToday is one of those low days. One of those days when the realization of our powerlessness is overwhelming. I had so much hope after the fall elex that we would really see something different coming out of Washington, that Bush’s madness would be stopped. No, I didn’t expect miracles, but neither did I expect the new majority to roll over for the madman, then feed us excuses. They capitulated to a man with a 29% approval rating, against the wishes of the majority of their constituents, because they are afraid of criticism. And now the little dictator can gloat and smirk through his happy little war. Snapshot that!
May 24th, 2007 at 1:27 pmWe’re doomed.
Comment by Zooey
Ha ha ha. Not at all. People dont know the power they have over governments. Thats why governments have to invent stuff like patriotism and sh*t to keep us in line.
People will figure it out eventually.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:27 pmAnd they gave Hillary grief for ‘compartmentalizing’!! I get the impression that he’s really not bothered by the violence at all.
Back to work…
May 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pmPeople will figure it out eventually.
Comment by Juan C
I hope you’re right, Juan. I’m not feeling optimistic.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:32 pmIf you can’t beat us, join us!
May 24th, 2007 at 1:34 pmwhere is the left wing outrage? where is my party crying out in unison against this? The left is always so willing to believe that our military is full of torturers, where is your outrage towards these monsters?
Well, I guess since it is not Americans doing this, or believed to have done this, my party, the left wing wackos and the media could careless.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0524072torture1.html
May 24th, 2007 at 1:35 pmone more thing..
I hope you’re right too Juan! And I agree with you about governments using patriotism to keep the people in line. Patriotism is the new religion!
May 24th, 2007 at 1:35 pmLuverne Soldier Loses Both Legs In Iraq Explosion
May 24th, 2007 at 1:37 pmA 21-year-old National Guard soldier from Luverne, Minn. is recovering in Germany after being wounded by a bomb in Iraq…Hanson said her son called to say his right leg was amputated below the knee and his left leg was amputated at the knee.
It’s a snapshot of a comma or it’s a snapshot of a number — eh, no, wait, it’s a snapshot of a number and then a comma…
May 24th, 2007 at 1:38 pmIt’s a snapshot.
It’s a Kodak moment.
Oh yeah — Clinton did it too.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:40 pmPatriot
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
what even when your countries in the wrong
May 24th, 2007 at 1:42 pmBUSH: It’s a snapshot. It’s a [Kodak] moment.
Just like Abu Gahrib.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:42 pm3434 + 917 Its just a big number
May 24th, 2007 at 1:44 pmWe continue to laugh and joke about the death and murder.
So explain to me, how are we “better” than bush?
May 24th, 2007 at 1:46 pmBush supports $120B Iraq war compromise
AP – 5 minutes ago WASHINGTON – President Bush said he supports a $120 billion war spending bill on track to pass Thursday, ending weeks of wrangling with Democrats on whether to end the war.
ITS OVER FOLKS
May 24th, 2007 at 1:50 pmStuff Happens!
Strange, these are the goons who hated John Maynard Keynes’ statement on deficit spending that “in the long run, we’ll be dead.”
May 24th, 2007 at 1:53 pmKillings = Snapshot….
May 24th, 2007 at 2:10 pmSnapshot alright, a 4 year snapshot of ‘How not to invade a country.’.
More like Slapshot!
May 24th, 2007 at 2:11 pmBush has turned into Stalin.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:12 pm#41 Toby…
May 24th, 2007 at 2:14 pmBush: We support any bill in the billions of dollars…to spend.
I wonder how many people realize that the war we’re in right now is not even the war we were in two years ago.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:24 pm“If you can’t beat us, join us!
Comment by Redneck, Redstate”
go to hell you ignorant bastard.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:24 pmJust like the snapshots Bush has on his desk in the oval office: Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam, his grandfather providing financial support to the Nazis, Reagan selling weapons to Iran, Osama bin Laden giving Bush the finger. All just snapshots.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:27 pmThis article should indicate why U.S. militarism has become more than simply a “snapsot moment” for many Iraqis.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:27 pmhttp://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/24/1424/
If you can’t beat us, join us! — Comment by Redneck, Redstate
I guess we WON’T be joining. See: November 2006.
May 24th, 2007 at 2:28 pmActually they actually are actually getting actually worse?
May 24th, 2007 at 2:32 pmI thought it was a COMMA?
WHAT. A. SOCIOPATH!!
May 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pmWell, I guess since it is not Americans doing this, or believed to have done this, my party, the left wing wackos and the media could careless.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ years/ 2007/ 0524072torture1.html
Comment by President Clinton — May 24, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
I’m outraged by this torture manual. I’m also outraged by the failed war policy that gave the perpetrators of this torture free reign in Iraq. I’m also outraged by politicians who think that we should be allowed to use torture on terror suspects.
Happy now? There’s your left-wing outrage.
May 24th, 2007 at 3:14 pmAnd remember, Bush changed how he was going to measure the success of his “surge” by no longer counting victims of bombings….
May 24th, 2007 at 3:21 pm