On July 4, Bush tells troops to prepare for more deaths.
By on Jul 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
On July 4, Bush tells troops to prepare for more deaths.
The President “defended his Iraq war policy in a patriotic Fourth of July talk, saying that while he honors the sacrifice of U.S. troops, now is not the time to bring them home. … Bush said victory in Iraq will require ‘more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.’”
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He is certainly safe and secure, it’s the fourth Independence Day he has spent in West Virginia as pResident.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:36 pmBush is unsafe and insane
July 4th, 2007 at 4:41 pmis there no end to this gambling achoholic meglamaniac
July 4th, 2007 at 4:42 pmIf he wants more sacrifice, why don’t he and Dickey time travel back to a Mayan temple? I’m sure that they would be more then glad to accomidate him.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:42 pmI’m guessing he doesn’t mean the kind of “sacrifice” made by Scooter.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pmAre you concerned about your country?
Want the right pep-talk for the troops?
Care to have a WH Chef that isn’t bored to death dealing with neverending requests for slops of bread over Kraft singles ™?
Then PIP/CT 2028!!!!!!!!!!!
July 4th, 2007 at 4:45 pmIf you remember last time he went to a Mayan or Aztec temple. It had to be cleansed of evil spirits when he left ??? no joke
see bill gates is no longer the richest man in the world ????
July 4th, 2007 at 4:46 pmat this rate I can only see 5 or 6 republicans winning their seats back
ha ha ha
July 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pmThe only thing Bushit knows how to do is get people killed for his egomaniacal reign.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:48 pmI’m sure he didn’t mean “death” when he said sacrifice. It was just him using the wrong word.. which he does often – usually always.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:50 pmAre you concerned about your country?
Want the right pep-talk for the troops?
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent — July 4, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Yeah , that’s why they need a president with brains and an honest bone in his body (which removes Chimpy from consideration immediately) , to tell them they’ve done a tremendous job and it’s time for them to come home……
July 4th, 2007 at 4:50 pmStarting a war should require the proponents to serve in the first line. We have a line of succession so there will always be a president; what we need is a president who is courageous and confident in his abilities to avert war. A president needs to be a statesman, not a warmonger.
July 4th, 2007 at 4:53 pm“Happy 4th, men and women fighting in Iraq. I cannot tell the truth, so you are going to have to go on dying until YOU find a way out for me or until I can pass this whole thing off on someone else. After all, I’m WAY more important than all you little people!”
July 4th, 2007 at 5:01 pm“Sacrifice” my ass. That word always has been a shorthand for “sucks to be you”. It’s also nice to use the noun. The verb is arkward. Do soldiers sacrifice themselves? Are they sacrificed? Ugh. LURCH!
…and now we have confirmation from Tony Snow that undercover agents may have to do some “sacrifice” of themselves for cheap political points made in Washington D.C. Nice.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:01 pmOne of our fathead trolls was just assuring us, on another thread, that Bush was going to have “skyrocketing” approval numbers (although, of course approval numbers don’t count) because he was going to bring home a bunch of troops.
Boy, that Bush is sneaky. You’d sure never guess he had any intentions of bringing any troops home at all.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:04 pmWhere is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
???????????????????????????????????????????
July 4th, 2007 at 5:06 pmThen PIP/CT 2028!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent — July 4, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
There would have to be two of you to make a ticket for president and veep. And you would both have to be from different states. Sorry, as much as I would like to see both Dems and Repubs replaced in our government, yours is a ticket I could not endorse.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:11 pm> Where is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
>
> BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
> Mr. President
DOES ANYBODY GIVE A DAMN?!
July 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pmWhere is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
???????????????????????????????????????????
Comment by Mr. President
Get over it. He’s a grown man, idiot, unlike yourself, and his drug problems are his own.
You’re desperate.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pmMore of that gold compassionate conservatism.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:17 pmReality is that our troops in the middle east are under a death sentence, while he and his evil empire enjoy the fruits of their suffering.
Shame on those bastards.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
Mr. Schneider,
Mr. President and I are from the same state, but are two different people.
In 21 years, PIP and I will be running on a metaprogressive platform that provides the most effective management in U.S. history of the federal government. I hope you will reconsider.
At any rate, happy 4th to you.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:18 pmThe Secretary of Defense has made an offer to reduce the “surge” amount of troops for agreement by the House and Senate to support perminate bases in Iraq.
The ONLY thing that is important to these people is keeping their corporate intrests and oil companies in this “new market”.
This is what greed does to a nation.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:22 pmcorrection to #20 – should read “good old” instead of “gold”
July 4th, 2007 at 5:24 pmIn 21 years, PIP and I will be running on a metaprogressive platform that provides the most effective management in U.S. history of the federal government. I hope you will reconsider.
At any rate, happy 4th to you.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent — July 4, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
#
At that time, you will have reached the age requirement?
July 4th, 2007 at 5:25 pmIn 21 years, PIP and I will be running on a metaprogressive platform that provides the most effective management in U.S. history of the federal government. I hope you will reconsider.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent
Well, that certainly resolves one question: CT_V1 and Ms. P are 14 years old.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pmComment by gummitch
No, 2028 is a year that PIP came up with. I’ll be in my early 40s in 2028, several years past the age min.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:30 pmAt any rate, happy 4th to you.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent — July 4, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
And a happy Independence Day to you, too. May I suggest you take full enjoyment out of reading the Constitution (and the Declaration). Note Article I, Section 2, Clause 3: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
You’d be surprised what’s in there. :)
July 4th, 2007 at 5:30 pmThe president should show some compassion towards the troops on this very important day instead of asking for more sacrifice. He should come up with a policy in Iraq that is worthy of the troops’ sacrifice in Iraq. He should show compassion by allowing troops to have a year between deployments. He should give the troops a raise. He should work to improve medical outpatient care for all our troops unlike the poor care they received at Walter Reed. He should ask for an increase in funding for mental illnesses that affect the troops when they come home from Iraq.
He should ask for more funding for research of traumatic brain injuries sustained on the battlefield. Instead he continues to pursue a policy that puts our troops in harm’s way. Instead of commuting the sentence of Libby who might have spilled the beans on what the president and the vice president knew about outing a covert CIA agent to get back a her husband, the president should do his job, i.e. get our troops out of the Iraqi civil war by setting a deadline.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pmNo, 2028 is a year that PIP came up with. I’ll be in my early 40s in 2028, several years past the age min.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent
Here’s a hint: if you’re going to lie about your age, you need to actually pick an age. That way you can say, with authority, “I’ll be 45 in 2028.” Otherwise, you sound like someone trying to convince a cop that his fake ID is good. “Uh, officer, I’m in my early 20s.”
July 4th, 2007 at 5:41 pmNo, 2028 is a year that PIP came up with. I’ll be in my early 40s in 2028, several years past the age min.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent
And this has to do with the thread because…?
July 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pmComment by gummitch
Well, you’re not exactly a cop, are you?
July 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pm#16
Where is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
???????????????????????????????????????????
Comment by Mr. President — July 4, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Hey Asshat. I’m sorry, President Asshat. It was only a youthful indiscretion.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:46 pmI think Bush meant sacrifice as in deaths of course, but most as in grief for all the families. Soldiers cant protest, if they do, they are treated as traitors by the chickenhawks (of course, they wont do the dying but they boo any soldier who refuses to do the dying), so the sacrifice was meant to families of soldiers.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:47 pmThe 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for allegedly speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius…
A subsequent search yielded a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs…
Gore was still in custody as of mid-morning and was sharing a holding cell with an unknown number of people, said Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino.
“There are no special privileges,” he told Reuters.
Unless, of course, you happen to be part of Bush’s inner circle.
And of course, to trolls, this news is far more important than the fact that ONE THOUSAND FORTY-THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO CELEBRATED THE FOURTH OF JULY LAST YEAR WERE KILLED IN IRAQ.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:48 pmComment by Juan C
Well, these days it’s never too early to start a campaign. In 2028, if you want the most effective metaprogressive government in world history, then we’ll see you at the ballot box.
Happy 4th to you, Juan.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:49 pmPatients my ass. This administration has had longer than World War II to get this done. Obviously they are not up to the job. Get the soldiers and marines out now.
You tell us that if we don’t fight the terrorists in Iraq we will have to fight them here at home. How has that worked out for Great Britain?
STL (Stop the Lies)
July 4th, 2007 at 5:50 pmWhere is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
???????????????????????????????????????????
Comment by Mr. President
This comment is SO typical of the people you represent …..why should this be breaking news? This is an unfortunate situation that involves all walks of life regardless of parenting skills. As compared to the neocons, how many people did Al Gore III kill, steal from or in what way did he ruin our country?
You need to step back and take a good look at yourself…get your priorities straight.
You people are so stupid.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:52 pmHappy 4th to you, Juan.
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent
??? Why? I did today my final test of the Master´s degree. So, yeah, it is a big day for me. :)
July 4th, 2007 at 5:53 pmI think this country needs george bush again. All though we can’t vote for george bush jr george bush senior has another term in him. It will be great. We can’t pull out fo this war we need the blood and glory. If those muslims want to destroy our christian values we must fight like the crusades.
July 4th, 2007 at 5:59 pmSincerley yours,
Francis Thy Great
Bush tells troops to prepare to die. What a heckuva a 4th, they must be having. Let me add for petro cronies and war profiteers.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:00 pmAl Gores son
They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder
the later the trolls need in here also
July 4th, 2007 at 6:03 pmI did today my final test of the Master´s degree. So, yeah, it is a big day for me. :)
Comment by Juan C — July 4, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
That’s great. How did it go? Are we going to have to start calling you “Master Juan” from now on? :)
July 4th, 2007 at 6:03 pm??? Why? I did today my final test of the Master´s degree. So, yeah, it is a big day for me. :)
An advanced degree is tough stuff, Juan. I’m cyber-proud of you.
Going for Ph.D afterwards, or are you calling it a day?
July 4th, 2007 at 6:05 pmI find it incredulous that the chymp is still pulling the fight them over there so we won’t have to invite them to dinner here out of his dumbass.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:11 pmThat’s great. How did it go? Are we going to have to start calling you “Master Juan†from now on? :)
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
Fine. It was a given, you know, becuz the faculty needs funds from government, and one of the requirements to get those is to graduate students in the usual time (2 years). So I was obligued (?) to pass the test. Im not going to demerit my work, but I have to be realistic: I can do better. Heh.
And Master Juan…sounds good, you know. But Im gonna think Charlize Theron came up with the idea, instead of you. :D
July 4th, 2007 at 6:15 pmGoing for Ph.D afterwards, or are you calling it a day?
Comment by CT_V1, Dean of Dissent
Im already booked for it. 3 more years of lab work. Guess not everybody can stand office. ;)
July 4th, 2007 at 6:17 pmComment by Juan C — July 4, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
That is good as long your first name is not Bator.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:18 pmAnd Master Juan…sounds good, you know. But Im gonna think Charlize Theron came up with the idea, instead of you. :D
Comment by Juan C — July 4, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
If only she were there to call you that in person. :D
Well, best of luck to you in your future studies. The world needs smart people, so we’re counting on you. Buena suerte, amigo.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:20 pmThat is good as long your first name is not Bator.
Comment by WaltTheMan
Nice reading you!!
You know, my work was related with electronic cooling. I had to read about MEMS, bad gaps, Purdue, etc… it was fun.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:23 pmIf only she were there to call you that in person. :D
In person…in my dreams…just little details. Heh.
Well, best of luck to you in your future studies. The world needs smart people, so we’re counting on you. Buena suerte, amigo.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
Wow. That was a really unexpected compliment. Thank you for your undeserved kind words. Im trying, my friend :)
July 4th, 2007 at 6:26 pmPatience, courage and sacrifice, all the things he fails to have.
July 4th, 2007 at 7:20 pmIs it ALL about juan?
July 4th, 2007 at 7:23 pmThe drunken AWOL coward sends others to do his bidding to protect the profits of the military industrial complex and oil companies. This is one sorry sob.
July 4th, 2007 at 7:55 pmWhere is the ThinkProgress Headline that reads:
BREAKING: Al Gore’s Son. Bust With Drugs.
???????????????????????????????????????????
Comment by Mr. President — July 4, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
The same place they have the Bush twins booked naked and drunk in public. You fuking moron.
July 4th, 2007 at 7:59 pmDid the twins enlist yet?
If we elect Bill Richardson president in 2008, he will bring all the troops home. He is the only candidate that made that promise. Besides, he has the best resume.
July 4th, 2007 at 8:28 pmOn Monday (via USA Today), we learned that an URGENT REQUEST was made by Marines fighting in Iraq to the Pentagon and White House in FEBRUARY 2005 for MRAPs (1,169 of them), vehicles that are better armored and designed, that save the lives of our troops when roadside bombs explode.
Donald Rumsfeld blew off this URGENT REQUEST. His replacement, Robert Gates, announced the other day that he, the Pentagon, and the White House, were finally going to respond to this URGENT REQUEST…after 2 1/2 years…and after over 700 of our soldiers in Iraq have died from IEDs, soldiers who might still be alive if the URGENT REQUEST had been acted on 2 1/2 years ago. Moreover, we don’t know how many of our soldiers in Iraq have been severely injured because of the Bush administration delaying sending them the proper equipment, whether vests or vehicles.
How anyone in the Bush administration dares to show their face in public on Independence Day is unconsciionable, especially with all the blood on their hands, both of our soldiers over in Iraq and the Iraqi people.
If Bush and Cheney had both resigned on this Indenpendence Day, then we all would have had something to celebrate…our nation’s independence from their outright incompetence, sheer stupidity and rapacious greed…the very attributes of rogue leadership our founders sought to save us all from when they fought to break free from the British Empire over two hundred years ago.
Oh well, a few hours still are left before this Independence Day is past, so maybe Bush and Cheney will still make the announcement that a large majority of U.S. citizens desire.
July 4th, 2007 at 8:29 pmStarting a war should require the proponents to serve in the first line.
Didn’t kings lead their troops into battle? Wasn’t it kings that led the Crusaders?
You’ll never see boy Bush lead the troops. He’ll only be in the lead when he is heading for a beer. Then get out of his way.
July 4th, 2007 at 8:31 pm…and now we have confirmation from Tony Snow that undercover agents may have to do some “sacrifice†of themselves for cheap political points made in Washington D.C. Nice.
Really? Wouldn’t they be afraid that someone in the White House might expose their identities? Hummm… if I were Cheney or boy Bush, I don’t think I could trust the CIA, especially after commuting the sentence of someone connected to outing a CIA covert agent.
July 4th, 2007 at 8:34 pmStarting a war should require the proponents to serve in the first line.
Didn’t kings lead their troops into battle? Wasn’t it kings that led the Crusaders?
You’ll never see boy Bush lead the troops. He’ll only be in the lead when he is heading for a beer. Then get out of his way.
Comment by Coffins draped with flags — July 4, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
Yes …….From Arthur , to Charlegmagne , to Alexander ; that is part of the reason why their legend grew.
The willingness to suffer the same fate as their soldiers/knights.
They had an honor that Chimpy , if he could read , would be envious of …..
July 4th, 2007 at 9:24 pm“Bush said victory in Iraq will require ‘more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.’”
Obvious questions the MSM will be feverishly asking…
1. What things, or which people, are being sacrificed?
2. Who is making the sacrifice?
3. What is the objective of the sacrifice?
4. Is that objective worth the sacrifice?
5. Is there a better way to achieve the objective?
July 4th, 2007 at 9:28 pm#18
July 4th, 2007 at 9:33 pmParents are not responsible for their adult children. Parents may be embarrassed by their behavior, but it is not their responsibility to babysit adult offspring.
Which may explain why you are posting your asinine comments here tonight – do your parents know where you are?
??? Why? I did today my final test of the Master´s degree. So, yeah, it is a big day for me. :)
Comment by Juan C — July 4, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
Fantastic! Congratulations, Juan. :)
I think you’re amazing.
July 4th, 2007 at 9:56 pm# 54 – Comment by Coffins draped with flags — July 4, 2007 @ 8:28 pm
“If we elect Bill Richardson president in 2008, he will bring all the troops home. He is the only candidate that made that promise. Besides, he has the best resume.”
Sorry, though I agreed with your subsequent comments, you’re WRONG on this one.
Long BEFORE Richardson opened his mouth, Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced a 12 point Plan (H.R. 1234) to IMMEDIATELY withdraw all troops and to aid the people of Iraq to keep control of their own natural resources (including oil) and to recover from the destruction the current corrupt, criminal president rained down on them.
Rep. Kucinich has made it CLEAR that he recognized the current corrupt, criminal president’s disingenuous framing of the discussion as “victory in Iraq” was an oxymoron. Victory was LOST with the “preemptive” invasion, occupation, and destruction of Iraq.
July 4th, 2007 at 10:45 pmPresident Bush intends to bring the troops home in boxes.
July 4th, 2007 at 11:16 pmHe “honors” the sacrifice of American troops? Truly hard to believe. And sacrifice to what high-minded end? For what grand and noble purpose? It is, after all, a completely unnecessary war, a needless war, an illegal, preemptive war that had absolutely NOTHING to do with the so-called War on Terror! Bad enough that we started such a war in Iraq, but to still be there four years later, mired in a nightmare that goes on and on. Where the precious lives of our young sons and daughters are systematically being blown to smithereens. Where our occupation has resulted in the deaths of over 600,000 Iraqi men, women and children. We have created hell on earth for all of them! What an utterly senseless loss of life! It is criminal of this administration, this President and his Vice President and they should be held accountable for their grotesque crimes.
He honors their sacrifice? How is that possible? He has thrown their young lives away for nothing! His words are a cruel mockery of the real truth.
July 5th, 2007 at 2:13 amHow despicable these thugs are, more blood for oil. They should be held for war crimes!!!! Sacrifice, George, what have you sacrificed you fratboy!
July 5th, 2007 at 8:54 amYou can make all the sacrifices you want, you can have all the patience and courage you want, wars are only rarely won by anyone. Real courage means admitting mistakes. Real sacrifice means resigning in the interest of the American people. Bush is only president of the elite he calls his base. Resign already, or be impeached.
July 5th, 2007 at 10:02 am