He sounds like he's playing C&C on his computer, not speaking about people's lives. Anyway, this jumped out at me in the billionth article about McClellan.Getting lost in the media furor over McClellan's memoir is the new autobiography of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the onetime commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, who is scathing in his assessment that the Bush administration "led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions."
Among the anecdotes in "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story" is an arresting portrait of Bush after four contractors were killed in Fallujah in 2004, triggering a fierce U.S. response that was reportedly egged on by the president.
During a videoconference with his national security team and generals, Sanchez writes, Bush launched into what he described as a "confused" pep talk:
"Kick ass!" he quotes the president as saying. "If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can't send that message. It's an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal."
"There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!"
A White House spokesman had no comment.
A 'Deranged Pep Talk' from Bush in 2004
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A 'Deranged Pep Talk' from Bush in 2004
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Bush sounds like a fucking....terrorist! Listen to him! He sounds like none other than Osama with that tirade and it's funny stuff. I love the "Kill them!"s. Remember ladies and gentlemen, American voted this man into office not once, but twice. Because he "looked stronger" than the other candidates. 
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No, he sounds like he's just playing a series of catchphrases from an internal USB drive without thinking about them at all.CaptHawkeye wrote:Bush sounds like a fucking....terrorist! Listen to him! He sounds like none other than Osama with that tirade and it's funny stuff. I love the "Kill them!"s. Remember ladies and gentlemen, American voted this man into office not once, but twice. Because he "looked stronger" than the other candidates.
And, of course, the same can be said of the most die-hard fanatics everywhere.
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Cut us some slack... we only voted him in once!CaptHawkeye wrote:Bush sounds like a fucking....terrorist! Listen to him! He sounds like none other than Osama with that tirade and it's funny stuff. I love the "Kill them!"s. Remember ladies and gentlemen, American voted this man into office not once, but twice. Because he "looked stronger" than the other candidates.
