Harry Commemorates "Mission Accomplished"
Harry "Give 'Em Hell" Reid had this to say about our "Incompetent In Chief" today. Wow!
Today, our country marks an unfortunate anniversary-the three year anniversary of President Bush donning a flight suit to declare "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq.
President Bush's dramatic landing on the aircraft carrier the Abraham Lincoln will be marked historically as a public relations stunt gone horribly wrong.
Since President Bush rendered his judgment of "mission accomplished," more than 2,200 Americans have lost their lives, about 20,000 have been wounded, many hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have been expended, and now, Iraq is engaged in a civil war-the degree of which is unknown.
The image of President Bush standing in front of the "Mission Accomplished" banner has been etched into the minds of the American people as a metaphor for the Bush White House's misleading and dangerous incompetence. It shows a self-described "war President" not ready for the war, or the difficult problems of securing the peace-problems the president and his Secretary of Defense simply ignored or did not understand following the invasion of Iraq.
SNIP
We know that Secretary Rumsfeld ignored the advice of the uniformed military and went into battle with too few troops and no plan to win the peace. As a result, the insurgency was able to gain a foothold and now civil and sectarian strife threatens our troops and the future of Iraq.
And Friday, we learned four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell told the president and Secretary Rumsfeld that the number of troops for the invasion was inadequate.
SNIP
And the War on Terror? It has also moved in the wrong direction.
According to the State Department, the number of terrorist attacks has risen sharply around the world. More than 11,000 terrorist attacks occurred worldwide last year-a 250 percent increase from the year before. And Iraq -- a country where Osama bin Laden had few in-roads before the war -- has become a training ground and launching pad for international terrorism. According to the State Department, it is now a "foreign fighter pipeline" to terror.
SNIP
But three years later, Americans are still counting on him to accomplish the mission. This is not a matter for future Presidents. This is President Bush's war, and we need to hear him explain how will complete the mission he prematurely declared "accomplished."
SNIP
We need a new direction, because our troops, their families and the American people cannot wait for the next president to be elected to do what is right.
Today, our country marks an unfortunate anniversary-the three year anniversary of President Bush donning a flight suit to declare "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq.
President Bush's dramatic landing on the aircraft carrier the Abraham Lincoln will be marked historically as a public relations stunt gone horribly wrong.
Since President Bush rendered his judgment of "mission accomplished," more than 2,200 Americans have lost their lives, about 20,000 have been wounded, many hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have been expended, and now, Iraq is engaged in a civil war-the degree of which is unknown.
The image of President Bush standing in front of the "Mission Accomplished" banner has been etched into the minds of the American people as a metaphor for the Bush White House's misleading and dangerous incompetence. It shows a self-described "war President" not ready for the war, or the difficult problems of securing the peace-problems the president and his Secretary of Defense simply ignored or did not understand following the invasion of Iraq.
SNIP
We know that Secretary Rumsfeld ignored the advice of the uniformed military and went into battle with too few troops and no plan to win the peace. As a result, the insurgency was able to gain a foothold and now civil and sectarian strife threatens our troops and the future of Iraq.
And Friday, we learned four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell told the president and Secretary Rumsfeld that the number of troops for the invasion was inadequate.
SNIP
And the War on Terror? It has also moved in the wrong direction.
According to the State Department, the number of terrorist attacks has risen sharply around the world. More than 11,000 terrorist attacks occurred worldwide last year-a 250 percent increase from the year before. And Iraq -- a country where Osama bin Laden had few in-roads before the war -- has become a training ground and launching pad for international terrorism. According to the State Department, it is now a "foreign fighter pipeline" to terror.
SNIP
But three years later, Americans are still counting on him to accomplish the mission. This is not a matter for future Presidents. This is President Bush's war, and we need to hear him explain how will complete the mission he prematurely declared "accomplished."
SNIP
We need a new direction, because our troops, their families and the American people cannot wait for the next president to be elected to do what is right.
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