"My fellow citizens. At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
"On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign.
"More than 35 countries are giving crucial support from the use of naval and air bases to help with intelligence and logistics to deployment of combat units.
"Every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honour of serving in our common defense.
"To all the men and women of the United States armed forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. That trust is well placed.
"The enemies you confront will come to know your skill and bravery. The people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit of the American military.
"In this conflict America faces an enemy that has no regard for conventions of war or rules of morality.
"Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops and equipment in civilian areas, attempting to use innocent men, women and children as shields for his own military. A final atrocity against his people.
"I want Americans and all the world to know that coalition forces will make every effort to spare innocent civilians from harm.
"A campaign on the harsh terrain of the nation as large as California could be longer and more difficult than some predict and helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment.
"We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice.
"We have no ambition in Iraq except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people.
"I know that the families of our military are praying that all those who serve will return safely and soon.
"Millions of Americans are praying with you for the safety of your loved ones and for the protection of the innocent.
"For your sacrifice you have the gratitude and respect of the American people and you can know that our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done.
"Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.
"We will meet that threat now with our army, air force, navy, coastguard and marines so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities.
"Now that conflict has come, the only way to limit its duration is to apply decisive force and I assure you this will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory.
"My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail.
"May God bless our country and all who defend her."
Barack Hussein Obama, 3/28/2011:
Not a bad speech. Too bad that the war itself turned into a trillion-dollar needless quagmire that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and was later exposed to be based on lies and flawed intelligence. But who cares, right? The schmuck had an "R" next to his name, so that's all you need.
ReplyDeletePathetic.
Full text of a Good Man's message to the teabaggers:
ReplyDelete"What's interesting about our country, if you study history, is that there are some 'isms' that occasionally pop up. One is isolationism and its evil twin protectionism and its evil triplet nativism. So if you study the '20s, for example, there was an American first policy that said who cares what happens in Europe?...And there was an immigration policy that I think during this period argued we had too many Jews and too many Italians; therefore we should have no immigrants. And my point is that we've been through this kind of period of isolationism, protectionism and Nativism. I'm a little concerned that we may be going through the same period."
--GW Bush, SMU 1/26/11
A Good Man's message to America regarding bigotry against Muslims:
"The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab friends ... The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics; a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam." - G.W. Bush 9/20/01
Selective listening ... you don't really want to hear these quotes, now do you?
George Bush had a much better pre-war speech than BHO. And it was 'pre-war', and he did consult with Congress, and he had a much larger coalition.
ReplyDeleteWhat's those snippets you pulled out of your ass have to do with the post ?
Elfie, you're just pissed that BHO seems like a whimp and a tool; that he's only moving because the UN told him to move; when and how much.
ReplyDeleteOh, and ask Saddam how he feels about GWB, why don't you?