Yesterday, President Bush delivered what could be considered his best speech on the War in Iraq to date, comparing it with previous conflicts in our history and stating that "withdrawing U.S. troops would lead to widespread death and suffering as it did in Southeast Asia three decades ago." [If you want to understand the reference to our previous withdrawal, check my previous blog on retreating] If you didn't hear the speech live, please take a few moments to read the transcript. It is an excellent framing of the perspective -- that this is an ideological struggle of global proportions -- on this war, and is well worth your time to check it out!
The Washington Post reports on the story, but (naturally) includes a fair amount of Democrat dissent throughout that is as predictable as it is shallow. It also sounds suspiciously similar to those quotes from Bush in reference to the Vietnam debacle. Regardless, Right Truth blogs that the speech provided a much-needed history lesson for the nay-sayers on the war, highlighting some of the key quotes. One wonders how different the public sentiment on the war might be if the Bush administration had been this forceful and eloquent in expressing the need to 'stay the course' for the past few years.
There's my two cents.
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