Sen. Jack Reed Responds to President Bush's Address on Iraq

Senator Jack Reed tonight delivered the Democratic response to President Bush's address to the nation on Iraq. For a full transcript, visit: http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=751

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[BJBlitzstein]

'Redefine' our course???? The American public has made their wish clear. NOW DO IT, LIKE YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO!

[CajunDeLyte]

My comments on Bush's speech:

It started off with a band playing "The Battle Hymn of the Incompetent." His speech was short and sweet: "Monkey see. Monkey do. Monkey get into trouble too." At the end of his worthless babble the crowd stood up and gave a resounding applause while throwing bananas at him.

[Saberjag]

And that is the real failed strategy. People need our help after the war with Sadam. They need our help to keep themselves, us, and the world safe. And all the dems keep showing us is it doesn't matter what

Bush says, they will always say the opposite is better. I'm not crazy about Bush, but Bush hatred blinds people to reality.

[grazon]

It is in our best interest to get the fuck out of there and let the Saudi backed forces fight with the Iran backed forces like they're doing right now.

[Saberjag]

Okay. Put yourself in the shoes of a peaceful Iraqi. Is it right to overthrow your evil dictator and then feed the country to dogs so you can be raped and murdered even more? No. And the President DOESN'T say all is well in Iraq. It is clear that keeping Iraq out of Iran's hands is in OUR best interests.

[guinness4us]

Great response to the same Bush rhetoric!

We already won in Iraq, we eliminated any WMD's that were a threat to us. Like Sen. Reed said, it is not the job of our military to be fighting their civil war.

[lgrf4evr]

the biggest hogwas here is george bush. our troop is being kill by the saudi, which made up 45 percent of terrorist evil killer. 15 of the hijacker came from there. saudi are killing our troops with american weapon given to them by their gov.t who is bush best friend and sold them 20 million worth of arms.

[lgrf4evr]

loss. we already won. george bush said so on the lincoln ship with the hugh mission accomplsih sign. are you stupid or just ignorance. the evil person that are killing american soldier are the saudi, who are 45 percent of the insurgent, they are also using american weapon given to them by bush to kill american soldier. blame saudi arabia for all the evil killing.

[grazon]

Why do the Repugs want our troops to stay in the middle of a civil war?

Why do they want our troops to die?

Why are we told by repugs that all is well in Iraq?

Support our troops crying out loud. Saddam is dead there is no more threat of WMD let our troops come home!

[Saberjag]

Why do the Dems constantly want us to end (lose) a war we are now winning? Why do they want us to allow Iraq to fall into worse and further chaos? Why are we told by the Dems that our troops are causing more problems then solving when evidence shows we ARE helping? Support a victory for crying out loud. Terrorists are far more evil than any of our leaders.

[svbackstreets]

How insightful!

[jsilver923]

The only hogwash is coming from Petraeus and Bush. Petraeus painted a rosy scenario in an op-ed three years ago, and now he is saying exactly what Bush wants him to say. Too bad both of them are either delusional or deliberately cherry-picking evidence to make things in Baghdad look like a summer market in Indiana....give me a break.