Why We Fight
To continue with the interview referred to in Barry's post below, THIS is what I wanted to hear the President say on Tuesday night:
PRESIDENT BUSH: So we made a decision to protect ourselves and remove Saddam Hussein. The jihadists made a decision to come into Iraq to fight us. For a reason. They know that if we're successful in Iraq, like we were in Afghanistan, that it'll be a serious blow to their ideology. General (John) Abizaid (Commander of US forces in the Middle East) told me something very early in this campaign I thought was very interesting. Very capable man. He's a Arab-American who I find to be a man of great depth and understanding. When we win in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's a beginning of the end. Talking about the war on terror. If we don't win here, it's the beginning of the beginning. And that's how I view it.
Better late than never.
Comments
I wanted him to say, "all your base are belong to us."
Posted by: Roger | June 30, 2005 07:30 PM
Gotta say, I find Bush's attempts at sounding "Churchillian" ("When we win in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's a beginning of the end. Talking about the war on terror. If we don't win here, it's the beginning of the beginning.") a bit off-putting. I don't disagree with his content, but the man's no Churchill and his (rather obvious) attempts to adapt Churchill's words to the present conflict seem a bit forced.
Posted by: Vincent | July 2, 2005 01:33 AM