Who's He Been Talking With??

You honestly have to wonder where the President obtains the information to support some of the things he utters in his speeches.  Spending a lot of time in the car this weekend, I listened to a lot of talk radio.  On a couple of the shows, members of the military called in and volunteered to talk about "attitude" among those serving in Iraq.  Almost universally they said the general feeling is that the Bush Administration needs to either "let them bomb Iraq off the map" or "bring everybody home".  Right now, the callers said, many of those stationed in Iraq feel like human pawns in a game over which they have no control and are being sacrificed for political ego.

Bush Baselessly Asserts That Troops Want To Stay In Iraq

President Bush just finished up his speech today ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to do what he wants them to do (give him a war funding bill with no withdrawal timeline), rather than what the Antiwar Majority of Americans wants him to do (give him a funding bill with such a timeline). Here's one of Bush's key quotes: "Families gathered here understand that our troops want to finish the job." But is there a single scrap of evidence that this is true? Is there a single scrap of evidence that says that [...]

It seems that speech was filled with extraordinary "stuff".  At least according to Think Progress, where they have assembled something of interest...

VIDEO COMPILATION: Bush Fear-Mongering Reaches Fever Pitch In Iraq Speech

In a speech this morning, President Bush again condemned Congress for failing to give him a blank check for the war in Iraq. Increasingly desperate, and facing broad public opposition, Bush tried his best to stir up fear with repeated references to September 11 and dark visions of “death and destruction…here in America” if U.S. troops [...]

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