I'll have the transcript up as soon as CNN posts it, but George W. Bush appeared on "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" this afternoon and made one of those stunning remarks that could — or rather, should — become a political problem for the White House.
Blitzer asked the president to respond to the nightmare that Iraq has become, but Bush wouldn't hear of it. He dismissed the ongoing crisis as "just a comma."
Update: Here's the transcript:
BLITZER: Let's move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because this is a huge, huge issue, as you know, for the American public, a lot of concern that perhaps they are on the verge of a civil war, if not already a civil war…. We see these horrible bodies showing up, tortured, mutilation. The Shia and the Sunni, the Iranians apparently having a negative role. Of course, al Qaeda in Iraq is still operating.
BUSH: Yes, you see — you see it on TV, and that's the power of an enemy that is willing to kill innocent people. But there's also an unbelievable will and resiliency by the Iraqi people…. Admittedly, it seems like a decade ago. I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is — my point is, there's a strong will for democracy. (emphasis added)
Even by Bush's already-low standards, it was a stunning comment. We're talking about a war that has claimed 2,700 American lives and seriously injured 20,000 more. It's a crisis that has, by any reasonable measure, made the threat of terrorism against Americans considerably worse. It's a misadventure that has cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, to fight a war sold under false pretenses, and mismanaged with almost child-like incompetence.
Asked to explain himself, the president is unconcerned. Everything we're seeing is "just a comma." I'm sure that will bring comfort to the families of those who have sacrificed so much for Bush's mistakes.
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First, Snow says that soldier's death is just a number. And now the Bush says it's just a comma. Was it "just" a comma when the 3,000 people who lost their lives in the World Trade Center and the people who lost lives in Flight 93 in the 9/11 attack???
2 comments:
What a comment to make as we have lost so many soldiers. I wonder what the families of the dead soldiers think of how Bush feels about their sacrifice. Tony Snow reported that the White House thinks our dead troops are nothing but numbers now this. Chavez's statement is proved right by yes the Devil aka Bush himself.
Yes, it is a very disturbing remark by the Gerbil.. The only thing that the Gerbil gives a damn about is himself. Do unto others as others do unto you as I say. There is old saying of be careful what you wish for. The Gerbil chose greed, lies, and power. And that will be the Gerbil's down fall. He is like the Hindu god: Kali.
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