Acidus wrote:

We did not expect Mr. Bush would apologize for the misinformation that helped lead us into this war, or for the catastrophic mistakes his team made in running the military operation. But we had hoped he would resist the temptation to raise the bloody flag of 9/11 over and over again to justify a war in a country that had nothing whatsoever to do with the terrorist attacks. We had hoped that he would seize the moment to tell the nation how he will define victory, and to give Americans a specific sense of how he intends to reach that goal - beyond repeating the same wishful scenario that he has been describing since the invasion.

Sadly, Mr. Bush wasted his opportunity last night, giving a speech that only answered questions no one was asking. He told the nation, again and again, that a stable and democratic Iraq would be worth American sacrifices, while the nation was wondering whether American sacrifices could actually produce a stable and democratic Iraq.

God bless the NYT. I couldn't even bring myself to watch the speech. I knew it would be the same honey-coated 9/11 dribble that would only serve to infuriate me. Thank goodness, well, for TNT's nightly 'Law and Order' marathons, but also for the basic TV stations that sent a clear message by not carrying the speech. Even Bush's fanatic[-ally misguided] supporter, Big Business, is tired of his rhetoric.

-janelane, composed

RE: President Bush's Speech About Iraq - New York Times