Bush had a speach today and while he did fumble and ramble a bit, he did pretty well.
Quote:
"No nation in history has made the transition to a free society without facing challenges, setbacks and false starts"
"By helping Iraqis to build a democracy, we will win over those who doubted they had a place in a new Iraq and undermine the terrorists and Saddamists"
"The Iraqi people are stepping forward to claim their victory, and they will have it,"
In two and a half years, the Iraqi people have made amazing progress," the president said. "They've gone from living under the boot of a brutal tyrant to liberation, to free elections, to a democratic constitution."
Bush conceded reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped," but he vowed the United States would not abandon Iraq until "complete victory" is accomplished.
"By helping Iraqis to build a democracy, we will win over those who doubted they had a place in a new Iraq and undermine the terrorists and Saddamists"
"The Iraqi people are stepping forward to claim their victory, and they will have it,"
In two and a half years, the Iraqi people have made amazing progress," the president said. "They've gone from living under the boot of a brutal tyrant to liberation, to free elections, to a democratic constitution."
Bush conceded reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped," but he vowed the United States would not abandon Iraq until "complete victory" is accomplished.
Now, the coolest thing about this speech was what came after; He opened it up to questions. And not just to questions from supporters, but questions by people who actually disagread with him. One of which was, and I'm paraphrasing,
"Why do use 9/11 as justification for the war in Iraq?".
His answer was along the lines of, and again I'm paraphrasing "Because my worldview changed after 9/11 and I decided that it was in our best interest to stop threats to america. And saddam was a threat"
He also stated, following one of the questions, that knowing what he knows now [WMD's] he'd attack Iraq again. For the world is a safer place without Saddam in power.
And he handled all questions, which appeared unscripted, very well.
Kudo's Mr. Bush. For speaking much better than usual and answering questions from people who actually disagrea with you. It's not something you do enough and you handled it well.
While I oppose Mr. Bush on a lot of issues, I was pleasently surprised. I hope he does these unscripted Q & A's more in the future. Cause he can't forget that about half of the country disagreas with him as well.
It should also be noted, that Murtha is having a press conferance this afternoon. Where, most likely, he's going to say that the US is doing more harm than good.
I doubt it'll go over well after Bush's speach.
