Author Topic: Bush goads on death, bloodletting (Read 1839 times)

Erlkonig · « **on:** July 02, 2003, 01:55:36 PM »

Check out the raw irony of the photo positioning Bush in front of what appears to be Teddy Rosevelt leading on horseback. Expect to see this anytime soon? Not ****ing likely!

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WASHINGTON, July 2 — Saying U.S. troops were capable of responding to ambush attacks in Iraq, President Bush maintained Wednesday such violence would not undercut his resolve to keep Americans there until stability was restored. “My answer is: Bring them on,” he said of the hit-and-run attackers.

WTF is he thinking? This isn't some kind of smack talking college football rivalry, Americans are dying out there. Somebody needs to personally tell this clown to STFU already.

Eagler · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:03:51 PM »

what is he suppose to say?

"keep your heads down guys, they'll stop shooting at you soon"

he said what the soldiers want/need to hear from their commander, not what the limp wristed media/liberal types wanted him to say

funkedup · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:10:11 PM »

As if TR was president when he was in battle...

Chimpy pulled alert duty in F-102's as part of NORAD during the height of the Cold War. If nookyuler had started, he would have been in the thick of it.

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:14:16 PM »

the saddamites are now killing iraqis who are trying to get water and elect working again, but saddamites killing iraqis is nothing new , been going on for 25 years.

the US is sending 500,000 tons of food to feed the iraqis, distributed by USAID ( a NGO)

bectell corp is sub-contracting iraq companys to do the rebuilding.

evil americans.

Erlkonig · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:17:47 PM »

Right-o Eagler. I'm sure the troops just love getting blown up by car bombs and shot in the back by snipers, and gladly await any further escalation of violence, especially when goaded on by the biggest REMF of them all.

Erlkonig · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:24:38 PM »

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA funked. Of course! He entered the National Guard to participate in the eventual nookyolar war resulting from rising US-Soviet tensions built up during the Vietnam War. And his disputed AWOL period was in actuality secret duty as a CIA U2 pilot. Great parody! Worthy of The Onion!

funkedup · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:36:40 PM »

Whatever Erl. What part of "alert duty" do you not understand? The ANG units were part of NORAD, ready to fight 24/7/365. Airplanes armed and fueled, pilots ready to go. The Soviet bomber threat to the CONUS was real. The USSR had thousands of aircrew and hundreds of airplanes dedicated to that mission. Your comments denigrate the sacrifice of all the Cold Warriors who kept the free world safe for the last 50 years.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2003, 02:59:16 PM »

the soviets would never had invaded or attacked us soil. their economy was dead by 1972. but we couldnt have known that because we were using ex nazi cia agents that wanted to keep their jobs and so they hyped up the idea that the ussr was actively seeking war. if their was a war bombers wouldnt have been used icbms were the weopon of choice.and after the 1st day their wouldnt have been a usa or ussr left, or human speices for that matter.

Pongo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:19:02 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Whatever Erl. What part of "alert duty" do you not understand? The ANG units were part of NORAD, ready to fight 24/7/365. Airplanes armed and fueled, pilots ready to go. The Soviet bomber threat to the CONUS was real. The USSR had thousands of aircrew and hundreds of airplanes dedicated to that mission. Your comments denigrate the sacrifice of all the Cold Warriors who kept the free world safe for the last 50 years.

wow.
Your way too smart to believe that.

funkedup · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:19:44 PM »

Please refute any part of it Pongo. I thought you were smart enough to know the history of ANG F-102 units in NORAD.
To this day the Russian air force trains and runs exercises for the mission of nuclear bombing against the US. Yes it's bloody unlikely, but nonetheless the USSR/Russian air force have maintained readiness for this mission for 50 years.

Dowding · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:21:40 PM »

Interesting. This 'alert duty' allows you to leave without so much as a goodbye?

BTW, I'm not saying Bush went AWOL - his leaving may have been perfectly legitimate - but I really have to doubt the 'bigging up' of his role. The idea that he was a linch-pin of North American air defence and that he was free to leave at any time don't really go together.

Fishu · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:22:47 PM »

Thats called rallying speech and make the enemy forces more prone for mistakes, trying to prove theyre being annoyance against US forces.

funkedup · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:23:31 PM »

Oooh nice turn by Dowding, who tries to spin this into a defense of Bush's entire military career. I'm not sure what the hell happened to him after he went to Alabama. But during the portion of his service in Texas there is ample evidence that he did more than his share of alert and training duty.

funkedup · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:31:07 PM »

My whole point in this thread is this: Expecting GW to go into battle like TR is ridiculous. TR did not fight while he was president. Neither will GW. When TR and GW were both young men, they served in defense of their country. Obviously TR's service was much more gallant and notable, but GW did serve with a unit that would have been in the thick of it if the "big one" had started. Furthermore ANG units (including GW's) fought in Vietnam, so ANG service hardly offered him immunity from the possibility of combat.

SOB · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2003, 03:31:52 PM »

Back to the topic...I'm curious to hear what Erl thinks he should have said. After all, I'm sure Erl's infinitely more qualified to be the president and could do a much better job than Bush. And why in god's name would the leader of our nation lead our troops on the front line?

SOB