State of the Union 2006 aka Why I rarely talk about politics

[kimkali]

Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world. Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan, or blow up commuters in London, or behead a bound captive, the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the Earth. But they have miscalculated: We love our freedom, and we will fight to keep it. (Applause.)
aka as the slogan says, "Fighting for peace is like f@cking for virginity"
. . .
America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. We are the nation that saved liberty in Europe, and liberated death camps, and helped raise up democracies, and faced down an evil empire. Once again, we accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed and move this world toward peace. We remain on the offensive against terror networks. We have killed or captured many of their leaders -- and for the others, their day will come.
aka Pearl Harbour II - The Two Towers
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The road of victory is the road that will take our troops home. As we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels -- but those decisions will be made by our military commanders, not by politicians in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
aka buck passing
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"allowing the violent to inherit the Earth" actually had me laughing... "saved liberty in Europe" had me gnashing and oh the d@mn hypocrasy!!!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/print/index.html

Comments

[tim-skellington.livejournal.com]

Yeah I began to worry a little at that section too.

And isn't it about time they let 9/11 rest ffs? 4 years of campaigning on it is enough already! Show some respect for the dead!

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

As Radio 4 pointed out this morning there is 1 good thing about America right now - it sticks rigidly to the rule that a president can't have more than 2 successive terms. Thank the gods for that.

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

Oh these are all from last night? They're pretty generic, it's nothing he hasn't been saying for years, maybe his speechwriters aren't so expensive after all.

I'd love to watch him tell my (ex SAS, as in the original unit formed during WW2) uncle Vic that it was America who liberated the victims of the camps...

Especially since Bush Snr Snr (ie W's Grampa) contributed funds to the Nazi party and the German war effort!

Rejects the false comfort of isolationism? Is that why the fucking chimp didn't even have a passport until daddy bought him a presidency?

[malakite.livejournal.com]

Saved liberty? Helped to save yes. Did it all on their lonesome? Fuck no.

[sea-cucumber.livejournal.com]

...the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the Earth...

...We have killed or captured many of their leaders -- and for the others, their day will come...

Hmmm.