Lair of the Wolf

Should it really be illegal to throw a Globe at your President when they say such stupid things?

New Rule: You must pass high-school geography to be President.

jesus_X has posted a link in his blog to the transcript for those wanting to take a look.

"America: Hey, we may be stupid. But we have a bigger bomb than you do!"

It's amazing how little fear you have to spread in order to snow 51% of this country into thinking that George W. Bush is worth re-electing.

Bush/Cheney 2004 -- Discrimintory Politices to make you *feel* safe.

"A false sense of security is worse than being insecure."

Stolen from the #bs topic: "On behalf of 49% of America, I apologize to the world. We tried."

"Of course the people don't want war ...but, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship ... voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger."

-- Hermann Goering at his Nuremberg trial, 1946

"As you know, you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want," Rumsfeld said.

He added, "You can have all the armor in the world on a tank, and it can [still] be blown up."

Troops Grill Rumsfeld over Iraq / Troops put thorny questions to Rumsfeld

So. Now we know the attitude the current Administration has about the soliders fighting for their Iraq policies. I'd describe it as "don't give a shit".

Meanwhile, half-way around the world...
Bush meets with Pendleton Marines
It takes guts to tell the American public what we can do to "actively support the troops" while its clear that the Administration itself isn't, 2 years later, providing the equipment and support thats needed.
Mr. Bush and Mr. Rumsfeld, it is *you* who need to learn to support the military.

Oh, and one more article, "Rumsfeld questions no surprise to soldier's ex-wife".
Its nice to see reporters try to make a story out of something and discredit what are legitimate complaints (after all 2000+ soldiers did applaud, if they disagreed that strongly, they're not going to.)

"He is always like that," she said. "I don't think he understands the concept of biting one's tongue. It wouldn't matter if it was (President George W.) Bush himself standing there. He would have dissed him the same." -- Regina Wilson

That is the leading comment, obviously trying to make an issue out of the supposed "out of line" comment from a solider about to go into Iraq for a year. After all, we don't want to hear dissenting comments from our military. From people who do more to support their country than *any* other person, they risk their lives, don't you think they've earned the right to criticize, if need be, the situation.

Oh, and compare that comment above with these from several paragraphs down in the article.

"It's all about duty, and he felt compelled to be over there," Wilson said, adding that both she and her ex-husband voted for Bush in November and support him "100 percent."

But she said she was not impressed with Rumsfeld's answer.

"He seemed like he was stuttering and stumbling -- like he was caught off guard," she said. "Rumsfeld's answer seemed like he was sidestepping around the question."

She added, "If there is something lacking perhaps that is why our death toll is climbing."

So, instead of trying to cast the soldier who shocked us by daring to speak as somebody who should've just shut up, perhaps its time to investigate the questions given, instead of running to find an ex-wife.

"US President George W Bush has given details of what he said was a foiled al-Qaeda plot to fly a plane into the tallest building on the US west coast."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4697896.stm

' The war against Iraq has cost the US more than 3,000 dead soldiers and 18,000 wounded... The figures are close to those of 11 September with the slight difference that the war in Iraq is still going on... Despite this, President Bush, without any shame, says that the decision to wage war was the right one."
-- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4824550.stm

Are the lives of 3000 soliders that much less important than the lives of the victims of September 11, that nobody's held accountable for *their* death? and...
Why does the media hardly ever mention the 18,000 wounded? If you're not killed is it not worth noting in the news?

Aircraft crashes into Manhattan high-rise

Seriously, why would it not be?