Monday, October 15, 2007

"Mission Accomplished" Redux..this time Bush has "Destoryed Al Qaeda in Iraq"


"America has one goal in the war on global terrorism: "It's victory -- unconditional, unapologetic and unyielding," Donald Rumsfeld 2005
The Washington Post is reporting the Pentagon is expected to release a raving review of US military forces progress against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). In short..it's expected to be the second round of Bush and Cheney's famous "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq...this time Bush, following General David Petraeus' pseudo plan, he has 'crippled' AQI.

Before everybody gets all crazy about what the Pentagon is hypothetically going to say,let's take a moment and reflect on what Donald Rumsfeld had said about "accomplishing" the "mission" in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005.
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Oct. 12, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested to military men and women at a town hall meeting here Oct. 11 how they might answer questions stemming from "growing confusion and some misunderstanding" about the global war on terror.

Speaking to a group of airmen from the 6th Air Mobility Wing and other service members from U.S. Central Command and U.S. Southern Command, Rumsfeld noted that the troops might be getting questions from others about what America is trying to accomplish in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Well, you can tell those who ask such questions that you and your friends across the world are standing on the front lines to protect them and to safeguard their freedoms, as well as your own

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nd you can tell them something else: that America is not what's wrong with this world...What's wrong with this world are the terrorists, the 'beheaders,' the hostage-takers, the assassins -- the people our forces are fighting every day in a number of locations -- they're what's wrong with the world. And our country's finest men and women are out there meeting them every day.

it is not the mission of the U.S. military to "cower behind illusory defenses" because "defenses don't work." The only defense is to go on the offensive, to stop terrorists before they attack America.

Your mission is to be on the offense; it's to go on the attack and that's what our forces are doing: they're engaging the enemy where they live so that they do not attack us where we live."


America has one goal in the war on global terrorism: It's victory -- unconditional, unapologetic and unyielding...


You fight today so that our children and their children might not have to experience the heartbreak of something like Sept. 11th and the men and women in uniform -- you and your associates all across the globe -- are displaying resolute courage, the kind of courage that's defined our country through the generations. defenselink
and just in case the White House and Pentagon want to start ridiculing our former Generals that are speaking out on the war..remember Rummey's advice
it's service members' responsibility to speak up about what they believe.
Save Democracy from the Monarchy, but be careful...as General Odierno recently stated, it only takes three people" to construct and detonate a suicide car bomb that can "kill thousands."....thump thump thump..the constant drumbeat of fear continues...

The Statements Don Rumsfeld did not say on Camera
Remembering History: Donald Rumsfeld on 9/10/2001
It's Official...Petraeus is marching US towards war with Iran
Kuwait agrees to US Arms package..."no aircraft included"
also:
From the All Spin Zone: Are We About to See “Mission Accomplished” Again?

Same Players. Different Scandal.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

IT WAS A HARD ONE

The sadness of it all, to know
How much has been inflicted,
It overwhelms, it overwhelms,
Nor will it be restricted
Merely to this or merely that
Small portion of the people,
Though theirs may be the minaret
Or theirs may be the steeple.

The boldness that became a wreck,
Disaster in unfolding
That no one helms, that no one helms,
But worthy of the scolding
Of all posterity upon
This futile generation
"Mission accomplished" which did swoon
With much prevarication.