This is an excerpt from the first in a series of three speeches Clueless George made during the last Iraq policy makeover in late 2005. Here Duhbya talks about LAST winter's surge:
...America will help the Iraqis so they can protect their families and secure their free nation. We will stay as long as necessary to complete the mission. If our military leaders tell me we need more troops, I will send them.
For example, we have increased our force levels in Iraq to 160,000 -- up from 137,000 -- in preparation for the December elections. My commanders tell me that as Iraqi forces become more capable, the mission of our forces in Iraq will continue to change. We will continue to shift from providing security and conducting operations against the enemy nationwide, to conducting more specialized operations targeted at the most dangerous terrorists. We will increasingly move out of Iraqi cities, reduce the number of bases from which we operate, and conduct fewer patrols and convoys...
Nov 30 2005
In Duhbya's new speech we can expect the same old policy, repackaged for the simpletons who might still swallow his delusions.
Here's more excerpts from Clueless George's three big Iraq speechs from late in 2005:
Nov. 30, 2005 Iraq speech:
...Progress by the Iraqi security forces has come, in part, because we learned from our earlier experiences and made changes in the way we help train Iraqi troops......As the training has improved, so has the quality of the recruits being trained. Even though the terrorists are targeting Iraqi police and army recruits, there is no shortage of Iraqis who are willing to risk their lives to secure the future of a free Iraq........ Pulling our troops out before they've achieved their purpose is not a plan for victory.......Our strategy in Iraq is clear, our tactics are flexible and dynamic; we have changed them as conditions required and they are bringing us victory against a brutal enemy. (Applause.)...
Nov 30 2005
Dec. 12, 2005 Iraq speech:
...There's still a lot of difficult work to be done in Iraq. But thanks to the courage of the Iraqi people, the year 2005 will be recorded as a turning point in the history of Iraq, the history of the Middle East and the history of freedom......We're making steady progress. The Iraqi forces are becoming more and more capable. They're taking more responsibility for more and more territory. We're transferring bases to their control, so they can take the fight to the enemy.
And that means American and coalition forces can concentrate on training Iraqis and hunting down the high-value targets,......No, I know some fear the possibility that Iraq could break apart and fall into a civil war. I don't believe these fears are justified. They're not justified so long as we do not abandon the Iraqi people in their hour of need.
Encouraging reconciliation and human rights in a society scarred by decades of arbitrary violence and sectarian division is not going to be easy and it's not going to happen overnight.
Yet the Iraqi government has a process in place to resolve even the most difficult issues through negotiate, debate and compromise. And the United States, along with the United Nations and the Arab League and other international partners, will support these efforts to help resolve these issues.
And as Iraqis continue to develop the habits of liberty, they will gain confidence in the future and ensure that Iraqi nationalism trumps Iraqi sectarianism...
And most laughably:
...People across the broader Middle East are drawing and will continue to draw inspiration from Iraq's progress. And the terrorists' powerful myth is being destroyed...
Dec. 12, 2005
Of course Bush's unprovoked invasion and prolonged occupation of Iraq just re-enforces Al Qeada's propaganda that the U.S. is an invading Crusader nation.
Dec. 18, 2005 Iraq speech
...after a number of setbacks, our coalition is moving forward with a reconstruction plan to revive Iraq's economy and infrastructure -- and to give Iraqis confidence that a free life will be a better life......My fellow citizens: not only can we win the war in Iraq -- we are winning the war in Iraq.
It is also important for every American to understand the consequences of pulling out of Iraq before our work is done. We would abandon our Iraqi friends -- and signal to the world that America cannot be trusted to keep its word.
We would undermine the morale of our troops -- by betraying the cause for which they have sacrificed. We would cause tyrants in the Middle East to laugh at our failed resolve,...
So there you have it, the real reason young Americans will keep on dying in Iraq so "tyrants in the Middle East" won't laugh at Duhbya and his crew of NeoCon nitwits.
...We will see a concerted effort to improve Iraqi police forces and fight corruption. We will see the Iraqi military gaining strength and confidence, and the democratic process moving forward......In the months ahead, all Americans will have a part in the success of this war......And I have never been more certain that America's actions in Iraq are essential to the security of our citizens, and will lay the foundation of peace for our children and grandchildren...
Dec. 18, 2005
There! Wasn't reading those a stomach churning expierience?