Statesmen and Partisans
We have seen our vulnerability -- and we have seen its deepest source. For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny -- prone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murder -- violence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat. There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom. We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. ... Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world. All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you. ... The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world." --President George W. Bush, Inauguration Day 2005, an "American Revolutionary" as Time magazine noted when naming President Bush its 2004 "Person of the Year."
"The President's philosophical framing of America's fundamental embrace of freedom was important. The President failed, however, to lay out the specific sacrifices Americans will face in the days and years ahead. In fact, in a seventeen minute address that ran more than 2,000 words, the President used the word sacrifice but once. After the loss of almost 1,400 soldiers in Iraq and with the cost of war soon to exceed $200 billion, the people of New Jersey and the nation want to know what more is expected of them and what sacrifices they will have to make. ... I stand ready to work with President Bush to achieve great things for our nation and New Jersey. We confront great challenges both at home and abroad. The President had an opportunity today to be straight with the American people about the long road ahead and the sacrifices they will be asked to make. In that respect, his remarks fell short of the mark." --New Jersey Demo Sen. Jon Corzine
In the AP interview, Kennedy questioned how much of a threat Saddam Hussein had posed in the U.S. fight against terrorism.
"There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud," the Massachusetts Democrat told the AP.
He said Bush officials employed "distortion, misrepresentation, a selection of intelligence" to justify the war.
"The President's philosophical framing of America's fundamental embrace of freedom was important. The President failed, however, to lay out the specific sacrifices Americans will face in the days and years ahead. In fact, in a seventeen minute address that ran more than 2,000 words, the President used the word sacrifice but once. After the loss of almost 1,400 soldiers in Iraq and with the cost of war soon to exceed $200 billion, the people of New Jersey and the nation want to know what more is expected of them and what sacrifices they will have to make. ... I stand ready to work with President Bush to achieve great things for our nation and New Jersey. We confront great challenges both at home and abroad. The President had an opportunity today to be straight with the American people about the long road ahead and the sacrifices they will be asked to make. In that respect, his remarks fell short of the mark." --New Jersey Demo Sen. Jon Corzine
In the AP interview, Kennedy questioned how much of a threat Saddam Hussein had posed in the U.S. fight against terrorism.
"There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud," the Massachusetts Democrat told the AP.
He said Bush officials employed "distortion, misrepresentation, a selection of intelligence" to justify the war.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:19 AM
2 Comments:
Tyrants never tire of tyranny! Whether it is a despot in some desolate corner of the world or a democrat senator blocking the conformation of a completely qualified judicial nominee they’re intolerance and lust for power knows no bounds. The inaugural address delivered by President Bush was perhaps one of the most significant of almost any U.S. President in the past half century. The details of the policies outlined last Thursday should show up in the state of the union address in a few weeks and I am reasonably sure senators Kennedy, Corzine, and a host of others will howl in anguish when Dubya gets more specific. I am amazed that a Stetson-wearing, crap-kicking, cowboy can be so stupid and give so many so-called statesmen fits the way this one does. IF I were half as stupid I could probably be the King of Canada er…something.
Have a great day, and God bless Amerrica!
I couldn`t have said it any better!
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