watching Bush speak is like watching a comedy show, I love it

Yes, Saddam fucked up. He is an asshole and should be stopped. He is a threat I agree.

But what few people know is, that in Desert Storm, a sharpshooter had Saddam in the cross hairs and was given an order not to shoot. This could have been avoided years ago.

Saddam is not going to back down... we are going to war. It's just a matter of time.

With that said, I'll be waiting for the FBI, CIA, Home Security to break in at any moment now. :)

I find it funny that people keep saying Saddam should be stopped. Stopped from doing what? He hasn't fired a shot at anybody in 12 years.

wouldnt you have wished that al qade was delt with before 911

Right On! :thumbsup

That's a nice thing for you to say now. Maybe you and your Republican buddies shouldn't have spent so much of our time and money over the last 10 years attacking the president for getting a blowjob.

Back in the 90's, when Clinton said that Bin Laden was a threat, all the Republicans wanted to talk about was cock.

:1orglaugh

Sure. And Saddam should have been dealt with before. I just find it funny that they're painting this picture that Saddam should be stopped, when he hasn't done anything in over a decade. It's something that would've been easier to do back in 1990 because he actually did something then and it was fresh in people's minds. Nobody would've opposed it then, not the French, or the Germans, or anybody else. But now it's a tough sales pitch.

I don't hate America, in fact I love this country. And I don't think anybody hates Bush.
I just resent having a former alcoholic and cocaine junkie with a vocabulary of a 12-year old who was appointed by the Supreme Court and was in National Guard "Champagne unit" during Vietnam send our guys to war because his oil buddies want to make more money.
Following his logic after US is done with Iraq it should disarm Russia cause it has nuclear (sorry nucular) weapons, and god know what those crazie Russkies one day might do, and then disarm France as well since they don't agree with Bush. China and India should be disarmed too, and what about Britain? Can't trust them completely. And if any country is about to acquire "weapons of mass destruction" US should bomb them back to the stone age. This way it will guarantee its place as the only "nucular" superpower.
And BTW as Bush himself said the press conference is "scripted".
And whoever says it's not about oil should ask themselves: "Why aren't they attacking North Korea?" It has weapons of mass destruction, more advanced than Iraq's and has openly expressed its antagonism towards US. But it has no oil so who gives a fuck what it has or says.
What about Pakistan? It has nuclear weapons and is a hotbed of terrorism, in fact many Bin Laden associates are hiding there. Why US shouldn't disarm them? Yeah, cause there's nothing but sand there.
And all of you Rush and O'Reilly fans, please.. don't equate patriotism with warmongering jingoism.
Bush does not equal US.
Makes me sick to see how this administration exploits 9-11 for its own profiteering.
They hounded Clinton for getting a blowjob and this gang has screwed the whole country with their tax cuts and war.

Bush is avoiding assassination because nobody wants to turn him into a heroe.

:waaaaahh

Stop it already.

No denying the truth, eh? :)

truth, lol

Col. Jessup: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have more responsibility here than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I know deep down in places you dont talk about at parties, you don't want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then question the manner in which I provide it. I prefer you said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand to post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!

Did anyone catch Saddam's speech?

He did make a good point that America will only corrupt Iraq by erecting a government where political parties are run by big money and they cheat and spread lies to get elected. This though is coming from a totalitarian dictator.

I'm sure the muslims would rather have a reasonable form of socialism rather than a corrupt capitalist democracy. We don't need more greed in the world, we need more satisfied people.

Transcript of the tonight's speech:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/06/bus...ipt/index.html

you guys are wrong about him not answering questions.

if i remember correctly mr bush answered 2 of them directly.

1st was will he give inspectors and volunteers time to evacuate before an attack.
he said yes.

2nd was something about faith and prayer.
he said he prays everyday and that americans all over the country are praying for him. :1orglaugh


the rest he totally avoided.
personally i liked this question that he avoided:


"Mr. President, you and your top advisers, notably Secretary of State Powell, have repeatedly said that we have shared with our allies all of the current, up-to-date intelligence information that proves the imminence of the threat we face from Saddam Hussein and that they have been sharing their intelligence as well. If all of these nations, all of them our normal allies, have access to the same intelligence information, why is it that they are reluctant to think that the threat is so real, so imminent that we need to move to the brink of war now?"

Very true. What's even more disturbing is that I've only seen one journalist (Chris Matthews) make an issue out of the constant misleading statements made by Bush in reference to Saddam and 9/11.

What's even worse is this cowboy thumbing his nose at the rest of the world and invading another country and I can see it escalating from there to a point where the U.S. will have very few friends in the world.

50+ years of diplomacy, treaties, and alliances created since WWII turned to shit by a guy who didn't even win the popular vote.