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2004-05-24 Home Front: WoT

Full Text of Bush's Speech unspun, link courtesy of Powerline

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Posted by Frank G 2004-05-24 22:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A point that will be lost -- or, is already lost -- I was disappointed in some of the responses of those I often agree with.... They wanted more spelled out on how the security will happen.

Well.... he said it....
Commanders on the ground will pay close attention to local conditions and we will do all that is necessary by measured force or overwhelming force to achieve a stable Iraq.

Which is what is happening now. There will be more speeches, and I hope, he will put added emphasis on this theme.

With this... he's letting the military do what it does best! He's trusting those on the scene.

Man, I could write an entire speech for him on that one!

Posted by Sherry 2004-05-24 10:57:35 PM|| 2004-05-24 10:57:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The right man for the right time. Envision Gore, Clinton, or Kerry giving a speech in the same venue. There are things I don't like about Bush, but I can't think of anyone on the political scene who could do a better job as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of a nation at war.

Posted by RWV 2004-05-24 11:11:54 PM|| 2004-05-24 11:11:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sherry, I just got through reading Thunder Run, which is a book about the assault on Baghdad by the Spartan Brigade of the 3ID. One thing the book makes very clear is that the incredible success of the operation was made possible by the willingness of the chain of command (presumably up to and including the President) to let the ground commanders on the scene make calls of historic proportions. The operation simply could not have occurred under a micromanaging commander-in-chief (e.g., LBJ). It's a great book, by the way (the author is Frank Zucchino.)

Posted by Matt 2004-05-24 11:37:33 PM|| 2004-05-24 11:37:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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