Posted on 08/31/2004 10:55:04 AM PDT by arkady_renko
Mark Oliver
Tuesday August 31, 2004
The US president, George Bush, does believe America will win the war on terror after all despite his damaging remarks yesterday to the contrary.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said today that Mr Bush "will make it crystal clear ... that we will win the war on terrorism by continuing to take the fight to the enemy".
This standpoint was in marked contrast to Mr Bush's comments on NBC television yesterday. He was asked whether America could win its "war on terror", and replied: "I don't think you can win it. But I think you can create conditions so that those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world."
Bush opponents had pounced on the remarks, which were a volte-face from the president's usually more bullish rhetoric about terrorism.
Mr Bush, who has described himself as a "war time president", will further try to repair the damage with a speech tonight in Nashville, Tennessee, to the American Legion, the country's largest veterans organisation.
Asked today by reporters whether the war on terror could be won, the Democratic presidential candidate senator John Kerry replied, "Absolutely".
Senator John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, said yesterday: "After months of listening to the Republicans base their campaign on their singular ability to win the war on terror, the president now says we can't win the war on terrorism."
Some commentators have predicted that homeland security and the threat of terrorism will be the biggest issue at the ballot box in November's presidential elections.
As the four-day Republican national convention headed into its second day at Madison Square Garden in New York under extremely heavy security, Bush supporters scrambled to explain the president's comments.
First lady Laura Bush, who is scheduled to speak at the convention tonight, defended her husband, saying on ABC's Good Morning America that "this isn't a war with a country where you're going to have a surrender at some point, but the fact is, as we look around the world, we are already winning the war on terror".
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is also speaking at the convention tonight and was expected to salute Mr Bush's record as commander in chief.
In yesterday's opening session, Republicans invoked the memory of the September 11 2001 attacks as a test of Mr Bush's mettle as a strong and decisive leader.
Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, likened the president to Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. He said: "Since September 11th President Bush has remained rock solid ... we need George Bush more than ever."
Bush's first answer assumed to much intelligence of the listener.
I wonder when Edwards will be corrected for daring to be so warlike?
Are the antiwar maggots in the streets of NYC aware of Edwards's warlike stand?
He does that on occasion doesn't he.
Troll alert on aisle #3.
Send the Viking Kitties in for the Zotting and then call up the cleanup mods.
Don't be shy...
Done, Grampa. I hit my list on post #15 .....
Come on sweet cheeks you're still alive, defend yuourself.
Quite possibly the best Kinison comeback of all time, ever. < |:)~
I just knew you'd get that reference.
Good job.
The trolls remind me of shooting the vermin ridden ground squirrels with a scoped rifle.
They pop their heads up and shriek until we find them for the Zot!
Edweirs's response and this troll's remark show how desparate the trolls and Kerry's Kerrorists are. Only an insane person would have interperted GW's comment as saying we would not win the WOT.
Coward!
You didn't shave her/its chest.
Strategery, Karl, strategery...
Typical press misleading report. On an earlier thread today, the quote was in reference to his winning the war in the four years of a Bush second term. I welcome someone linking that thread or correcting me if I have mischaracterized the President's comment.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
First post?
"So Kerry isn't the only one who flip-flops?"
Oooh that must have felt sooooooo good. You waited all this time just to get in that comment. Oh you must be soooo proud of yourself that you ran right back over to DU and told them you finally got the Flip Flop remark in. They probably congratulated you for the fine work you did.
I am sure the DNC is going to use this as their key talking point for the next two months. It will probably be better though if they tell their base this while wearing panties on their head.
Forget it troll. This plays into the Republican hands. Just watch what the lamestream media does with this and how Kerry will once again get slammed.
Better start telling your comrades that Hillary is the candidate once Kerry announces that he is dropping out of the race due to health reasons. Don't believe me? Check out his recent pictures. He isn't taking any more botox injections.
Edweirds's response and this troll's remark show how desparate the trolls and Kerry's Kerrorists are. Only an insane person would have interperted GW's comment as saying we would not win the WOT.Yep! Bush was on Rush Limbaugh and Rush asked him to elaborate on that comment. He said the war on Terror was NOT the traditional type war in which it would eventually result in them surrendering and giving up the fight. The Terrorists are NOT a country. They are multiple groups who organize and work on their own and sometimes together. He said he wasn't as clear as he should have been, but his clarification was what I figured he meant.
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