Bush: 'I know what I'm doing' on war

[NeoConsSuck]

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday pushed back against John Kerry's criticism of his handling of Iraq, saying, "I know what I'm doing when it comes to winning this war."

Bush used an re-election rally to sharply reject Democratic challenger John Kerry's proposal to begin to withdraw troops from Iraq within six months of taking office.

"We all want the mission to be completed as quickly as possible. But we want the mission completed," the president said. "The mission is not going to be completed as quickly as possible if the enemy thinks we will be removing a substantial number of troops in six months."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/11/bush.ap/index.html

[bringbackfdr]

1. Mission Unaccomplished

Maybe when the mission is completed Kerry could jump onto an aircraft carrier, wearing a flight suit ...

[NeoConsSuck]

5. Saw a bumper sticker in a parking lot today..

'Mission Accomplished', with the word 'Mission' crossed out and the word 'Nothing' written over it.

How sad, and how true.

[mountainvue]

9. I saw one of those

today too! Wonder where they got it?

[NeoConsSuck]

11. It was at my place of employment..

I'll find out who the owner of the car is and email you the source.

[luaneryder]

12. I got mine from MoveOn

Got it free a month ago.

[livinginphotographs]

38. Moveon.org

<a href="http://www.moveonpac.org/stickers" target="_blank"><img src=""></a>
<a href="http://www.moveonpac.org/stickers" target="_blank"


Funny, my tags work on my webpage, but they don't here. Oh well, just click on the links...

[briang5000]

25. free bumper stiicker is from MoveOn.org

here's the link to get the free stickers:
http://www.moveonpac.org/stickers

[catzies]

37. Welcome to DU, briang5000!

:hi:

Thanks for the link. I ordered 10!

[mbperrin]

53. You can get them from MoveOn PAC

https://www.moveonpac.org/stickers/

(They're real head-turners here in West Texas!)

[Tight_rope]

32. Those are my exact thoughts too...I thought the "MISSION was ACCOMPLISHED"

[NewYorkerfromMass]

57. Flip flop

by Bush.

[mark414]

2. but georgie

i thought the mission was already accomplished?

[SharonAnn]

60. You mean the current situation is intentional? OMG! I thought it

was just a gigantic FU. I had no idea that this is the result he intended.

So, he knows what he's doing, hunh? Now I'm really scared.

[clydefrand]

3. Wonder why McCain didn't speak???

Strange, don't you think? Could he be seeing through him afterall because he certainly is shallow enough.

[KansDem]

4. Let me see if I understand this correctly...

"Mission accomplished" does NOT mean "mission completed."



Right? :crazy:

[BonjourUSA]

6. What does it mean "mission" ?

Couldn't he explain again his war aim ?

[LiberalFighter]

14. Must be the same way he defines sovereignty

[IA_Seth]

21. Well you see...

A mission is just that - a mission. I would say that in the future the mission will be the mission, ya know, the mission. Its very missiony, but pretty clearly a mission.

He is such a freakin moron.

[Maeve]

54. Yeah...is this "mission" like a "crusade"? A church thing?

Are we sending soldiers as missionaries to convert "the heathen"? I suspect he thinks that analogy would be acceptable... :eyes:

Dubya, you DON'T know what you're doing in any real sense of the word! You aren't Humpty Dumpty and you can't make words mean what you want them to mean.

[Bridget Burke]

58. Missions in Texas History....

The missions of San Antonio are famous historical sites, still active parishes and well worth a visit. There are even older missions near El Paso. But among the lost missions of Texas, the Mission at San Sabá is most interesting.



In 1785, a relative of one of the Franciscans who died at San Sabá commissioned a mural illustrating the results of trying to missionize the Comanches. A few years ago, the mural's ownership was subject to a legal dispute. Houston's Museum of Fine Arts offered a secure, climate controlled environment until the case was settled. Therefore, Houston had a good chance to see the first painting, ever, to depict an event in Texas History.

The full mural & lots of info:

www.texasbeyondhistory.net/sansaba/

[Tight_rope]

33. Yup...you got it right...Bush never means what he says!

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Bu$h reminds me of that fish

that he gave to Barney to torture. The poor thing was flip flopping all over the deck of the boat.

[DS1]

8. famous last words

:eyes:

[Sagan]

10. Winning this war? WINNING this war??

What about "Mission Accomplished?" What about "end of hostilities"? What about "sovereignity"?

If Chimpy is now talking about still having to win his war, then he's admitting he has badly, BADLY mishandled the situation thus far.

Truth to everyone here, of course, but still.. What an idiot!

[annabanana]

26. Unwinnable

This war won't be "won" in our lifetimes. When the radical fundamentalists have made up the 1300 to 1400 years that they're behind the modern world, then we'll talk.

[hadrons]

13. Flip: "The mission is not going to be completed ..."

Flop:

"I know what I'm doing when it comes to winning this war."

I kinda wish he would start trying to LOSE the war

[Spinzonner]

18. Do you have a little sister named Lepton ?

[hadrons]

29. sorry, no sis

[goforit]

15. OK.......I am now convinced. This guy is true idiot!!!

[Bo]

16. I know what Im doing?

I know what Im doing? I know what Im doing?

[RebelYell]

17. Oh yeah??? Prove it, then, dammit! nt

[Disturbed]

20. A msg. to the world from Dumbass.

[merh]

27. Is that photo for real?

If it is, where was he?

[Triana]

19. Good Heavens!! The fact that he even has to SAY that...

...speaks volumes about his ineptness. IF he knew what he was doing, there would be NO NEED to make that statement outright. His policies would speak for themselves. And, they DO. However they are NOT saying that he "knows what he's doing". Quite the contrary...and therein lies the problem and the necessity for his making the claim that he does.

[Keirsey]

22. I'm disgusted

The president roamed a square about the size of a boxing ring inside an aircraft manufacturer. One jet was left on the plant's floor, its nose pointing straight at Bush. Bush joked that he and McCain, both former fighter pilots, would take the plane out for a spin.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/11/bush.ap/index.html

Dubya seems to have forgotten that he was grounded because he refused to take the physical. Then he went AWOL.

I'm showing great restraint here. You don't want to know what I really think.

[SOS]

23. Had to go read the whole article

to see if he was talking about Iraq. Indeed he was. "I know what I'm doing" LOL!
Iraq is on the brink of total collapse.

At least he's answering the tough questions...

Samples questions on Wednesday:

Can I take a picture with you?

Can I introduce you to my wife and mother in law?

I want you to know that I'm praying for you.

[PurityOfEssence]

24. So how are things at the grownups' table these days?

You don't really expect us to swallow that, do you?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

28. You'd think he'd be better at this...

You'd think someone with Bush's stellar military record would know how to avoid combat....

[young_at_heart]

30. Many knowledgeable people DON'T think he knows what he's doing

How many miltiary experts and others have the exact opposite opinion? I am amazed that anyone could believe a word he says!

[teryang]

31. meme change and a fat lady singing....

Before it was "winning the peace" now its "winning the war."

Off in the distance, I hear a fat lady singing.

Also, reminds me of the old drunk's joke heard often in watering holes of lesser repute, "truuuuuuuust me! I know what I'm doing."

Nobody in their right mind would ever accept such assurances. It's laughable.

[opihimoimoi]

34. Bushies mission was to keep us safe...He did nothing of the kind for 8

months despite warnings and recommendations....

Then 9/11.

Mission blown...its OK,

New MISSION,

Protect the HOMELAND

close the barn door....

[Tight_rope]

35. "We all want the mission to be completed as quickly as possible"

I thought he declared the war was over and the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" in November 2003...what mission is he talking about.:spank:

[xdk999]

44. he declared "end of major combat"

had he declared end of war, the applicable law would have changed. end to major combat is just the same nonsense-expression like 'enemy combatant', it does not mean anything in a legal sense.

keep it going, cheers, d.

[w4rma]

36. What is "the mission"? (nt)

[Enraged_Ape]

39. My God, this idiot is actually using the "Sledge Hammer" line

From an obscure (but laugh-out-loud hilarious) ABC-TV show from the 1980s about a clueless Dirty-Harry-like cop. His catch phrase was, "Trust me. I know what I'm doing," when it was obvious that he didn't have any freaking idea. The series ended with him blowing up the entire west coast in a nuclear explosion.

[SidDithers]

48. Was that "Sledge Hammer"? nt.

Sid

[Enraged_Ape]

52. Yes, that's a picture of Sledge

And great to find another SCTV fan on these boards, by the way.

[Mechatanketra]

40. EVERYONE knows what you're doing, Dub.

F-9/11 saw to that. :-)

The question is what it'll take to make you stop doing it.

[allalone]

41. a word a day

do they give him a word a day to learn? Today's word is -completed-.

[wovenpaint]

42. "The decision I made,

in my judgement, is the right one."
That about says it all. I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired of this arrogant SOB and his evil cronies and sooooooooooooooooooooooooo look forward to seeing them all kicked out of office-January can't come soon enough!

[Porcupine]

43. Proof Bush KNOWS he's Losing...

because we certainly aren't winning anything. Oil flow is to a minimum. No non-arab is safe outside of guarded compounds and bombings continue daily in Baghdad.

Oh yeah, we also now have regular attacks on oil facilities and personnel in Saudi Arabia.

That's losing in anyone's book but the BFEE.

[lebkuchen]

45. I, for one, am not convinced. nt

[Tripmann]

46. "I know what I'm doing when it comes to winning this war."

Really George? Then maybe President Cheney should let YOU be in charge for a while!

Tripmann

[dbt]

47. Trouble is, the WLF* does know what he's doing!

It all depends on how one defines "winning this war." You see, American troops in Iraq are actually fighting for Halliburton and its related companies. Every bomb the US forces drop creates more rebuilding work for Halliburton, no? And the "rebuilding contracts" were awarded well in advance of the invasion, no?

Then, there's all that lovely oil. It will not be the US who ultimately controls it; that will fall to one or two giant corporations with no loyalty to anyone except bu$h.

"The mission" remains what it has been from Day One: getting unimaginable wealth into a very few hands.

(*WLF = Worthless Little Fuck)

:argh:
dbt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

49. Bush knows what he is doing? How can Bushistas disagree?

"I know what I'm doing when it comes to winning this war" -- George W. Bush, 2004-08-11.

This quote does not need any frosting or ornamentation. It can only increase doubt in the minds of the undecided and the wavering Bush base. Bushistas can't deny it.

As an historical aside, doesn't this remind one of Bush's role model, Nixon, and his secret plan in the 1972 campaign to end the war in Vietnam.

If anyone says that GWB is "resolute", give them the quote. This would seem to be a great quote to put on signs and bumper stickers. Slap one on a Bushista car, they gotta love it!

[Citizen Daryl]

50. He DOES know exactly what he's doing.

It's called "cash from chaos".

[teryang]

51. "winning the peace" now "winning the war"

The frog is being poached.

[DFWJock]

55. He knows what he's doing

because he's the "war president" - wait, no, he's the "peace president" but "who the heck wants to be the war president?"

flip flop
flip flop

[Cocoa]

56. I am NOT a miserable failure

so STOP SAYING THAT!

[jackieforthedems]

59. Yeah, Right

He never fought in one, how could he?!?:puke: