Posted on 12/07/2006 5:47:52 PM PST by snugs
The President met with British Prime Minister today at the White House.
This evening the President and First Lady attended the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse
The First Lady had a tour of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing and paintings at the Library of Congress and also hosted a Coffee Morning.
The Vice President attended Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist farewell speach on Captital Hill
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
HI! Thanks. :)
OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF SAID ALL THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID DURING THIS Q&A RESPONSE AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE:
"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir . . . I understand there's sectarian violence. I also understand that we're hunting down al Qaeda on a regular basis and we're bringing them to justice. I understand how hard our troops are working. I know how brave the men and women who wear the uniform are, and therefore, they'll have the full support of this government. I understand what long deployments mean to wives and husbands, and mothers and fathers, particularly as we come into a holiday season. I understand. And I have made it abundantly clear how tough it is.
I also believe we're going to succeed. I believe we'll prevail. Not only do I know how important it is to prevail, I believe we will prevail. I understand how hard it is to prevail. But I also want the American people to understand that if we were to fail -- and one way to assure failure is just to quit, is not to adjust, and say it's just not worth it -- if we were to fail, that failed policy will come to hurt generations of Americans in the future.
And as I said in my opening statement, I believe we're in an ideological struggle between forces that are reasonable and want to live in peace, and radicals and extremists. And when you throw into the mix radical Shia and radical Sunni trying to gain power and topple moderate governments, with energy which they could use to blackmail Great Britain or America, or anybody else who doesn't kowtow to them, and a nuclear weapon in the hands of a government that is -- would be using that nuclear weapon to blackmail to achieve political objectives -- historians will look back and say, how come Bush and Blair couldn't see the threat? That's what they'll be asking. And I want to tell you, I see the threat and I believe it is up to our governments to help lead the forces of moderation to prevail. It's in our interests.
And one of the things that has changed for American foreign policy is a threat overseas can now come home to hurt us, and September the 11th should be a wake-up call for the American people to understand what happens if there is violence and safe havens in a part of the world. And what happens is people can die here at home.
So, no, I appreciate your question. As you can tell, I feel strongly about making sure you understand that I understand it's tough. But I want you to know, sir, that I believe we'll prevail. I know we have to adjust to prevail, but I wouldn't have our troops in harm's way if I didn't believe that, one, it was important, and, two, we'll succeed. Thank you."
'READ' THE PRESS CONFERENCE
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061207-1.html
WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE
C-Span will re-broadcast the press conference at midnight EST -- JERKS! [. . . at least it's a decent time for our West Coast Dosers!]
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
MUST READ . . .
I agree with the WSJ, the ISG is irrelevant . . . It's President Bush, the US military and the Iraqis who will determine the outcome in Iraq!!
THE IRAQ MUDDLE GROUP
Bush and Hakim count for more than Baker-Hamilton.
President Bush met yesterday with the Iraq Study Group to discuss its long-awaited report, but by far his most important Iraq meeting of the week was Monday's with Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. That's because the way to success in Iraq lies in stronger U.S. support for Baghdad's Shiite-led governing coalition, not in some bipartisan strategic muddle ginned up for domestic political purposes.
You can read the entire commentary at
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009351
I have to tell you, we didn't even realize how bad that group was. There was a second tier of people in that group besides the 8 we saw. It included newspaper columnists and SANDY NERGER!!!
SANDY BERGER!!! (Sorry about the typo!)
HEADS UP . . .
C-Span2 is actually re-broadcasting the BUSH-BLAIR press conference NOW . . . It just started!
At the end of the press conference
Snugs, thanks in advance. There's an alchemy going on with these two men. Post 15 -- their hands. I laughed so hard. And PM Howard, Australia. Three strong, manly, principled men. My, my. .. gets the blood going. ;>
hi
Thanks for spelling that out, snugs.
I almost typed UNBELIEVABLE, but then reconsidered.
Actually, the inclusion of leftist newspaper columnists and treasonous criminals makes perfect sense; after all, this group of 'Cold War dinasaurs' knew what conclusions they wanted to make before they even began their so-called 'research'!!!
Again, the ISG is irrelevant . . . The President will determine our course in Iraq for the next 2 years! The Iraqis and our troops had better work fast . . . all bets are off in 2009 -- Heaven help us!
wonderful links as always
I thought with all the flack flying around at present I would keep the quote of the day a non political seasonal one.
She talk about war in Vietnam badmouthing it and LBJ didn't like that probably think she was being uppty
Nerger I prefer LOL
Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) (C) walks with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) for the farewell speech on Capitol Hill in Washington December 7, 2006
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