Posted on 08/27/2008 6:00:53 PM PDT by silent_jonny
President & Mrs. Bush returned to the White House today after a brief vacation at their home in Crawford, Texas.
Vice President Cheney addressed the 90th National Convention of the American Legion this morning in Phoenix, Arizona.
With the media hype focused on Bill Clinton tonight as he—once again—tries to repaint his legacy, the Vice President reminded us all today exactly what Clinton’s legacy really is. (Transcript)
Vice President Cheney: There was a time when terrorist attacks were treated mainly as an issue of law enforcement … The first attack on the World Trade Center, back in 1993, resulted in indictments and prison terms for the major perpetrators. But that did not remove the danger to America.Terrorist attacks against American interests continued throughout the '90s, from the killing of servicemen in Riyadh and the Khobar Towers, to the destruction of our embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, to the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.
Outside a few limited strikes, the terrorists never paid a real price for any of this.
They believed they could strike us and get away with it. And they grew more confident that if they hit Americans hard enough, the United States would change our policies, abandon our commitments, and run away. They took to the examples of Beirut in 1983 and Somalia in 1993 -- when terrorists killed Americans and we thereafter withdrew our forces.
Clinton was more interested in protecting his approval rating than in protecting the country.
The Vice President’s remarks today were excellent. You may want to read the transcript tonight while X42 is giving his empty narcissistic speech at the DNC.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Quote of the Day:
Vice President Cheney: [speaking to the National Convention of the American Legion]President Bush said a long time ago that he intended to sprint to the finish line, and all of us who work for him are going to stay hard at it until our last day in office. I'll be putting on some miles myself next week, with an international trip that includes a stop in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia …
On my final visit to the American Legion as Vice President, I also want to thank each of you for the unstinting support you are giving to the men and women serving in our military today. I know it means a lot to those serving far away, and to those you've welcomed home from their deployments. We are blessed with the finest military any nation has ever fielded, and may we never take them or their families for granted. (Applause.) …
Photo of the Day:
President George W. Bush arrives back at the White House August 27, 2008 in Washington, DC.
President George W. Bush and his wife Laura arrive to board Air Force One to depart from the airfield at Texas State Technical College in Waco, Texas, August 27, 2008.
A flight crewman stands by as US President George W. Bush and his wife Laura board Air Force One to depart from the airfield at Texas State Technical College in Waco, Texas August 27, 2008.
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I love seeing the pictures of Pres. Bush. God bless that man and thank you for taking the time to post these.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the 90th American Legion Convention Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Phoenix.
Vice President Cheney: Come January, President Bush and I will turn our duties over to others. I realize the Annual Convention of the American Legion is not a political event, and I will not speak this morning about the presidential campaign. (Applause.) But in present company, there's one thing I have to say. I am proud and delighted that next week, your fellow Legionnaire, Senator John McCain of Arizona, will be nominated for President of the United States. (Applause.)
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Yay, the President is back
Vice President Cheney: These are busy times for the nation's defenders, because we're at war with an enemy that hit us first, hit us hard, and has ambitions to cause ever greater destruction inside our country. In two weeks, we'll mark another anniversary of September 11th, 2001 -- and we'll recall the attacks that took 3,000 lives and did such great harm to our nation.We'll be reminded, once again, of the kind of adversaries that we face in this war.
These extremists don't wear a uniform or recognize any standard of warfare.
They hate our country; they are determined to kill as many Americans as they can; and they are fully prepared to kill themselves in the process.
Simply stated, an extremist cabal has turned its guns on the United States and the civilized world. For the sake of our freedom and security, we must not relent until this enemy is destroyed. (Applause.)
Vice President Cheney: President Bush stood firm, along with a number of notably courageous members of Congress, some of them from Arizona. They knew a surge of operations was our big chance to get things right. They also knew that success in Iraq mattered greatly to the future prospects for peace in the Middle East, as well as having enormous impact on our own security. For all these reasons, they knew that tyranny in Iraq was worth defeating -- and democracy in Iraq worth defending.We could have quit a year and a half ago -- and today Iraq would be in chaos. Al Qaeda would probably control large segments of the country; it probably would be a major safe haven for terrorists; and its people would be suffering in ways we can scarcely imagine. America's credibility would be in tatters, and the terrorists would be newly emboldened. And everybody in Washington would be wondering just how we were going to fix the problem in Iraq sometime down the road.
Fortunately, we've prevented that nightmare scenario –
and now it's clear that the opponents of the troop surge were dead wrong.
Ouch! Put some ice on that, Biden :)
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush arrive back at the White House August 27, 2008 in Washington, DC.
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