Bush's Scary Gibberish
Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 10:44:31 PM PDT
Bush's three minute statement at the State Department yesterday was a parade of Bushisms, nonsense, and one veiled threat. Yet, somehow, the MSM is making it sound like grand oratory.
CNN:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush expressed sympathy Monday for the families of the 4,000 Americans killed in the war in Iraq, promising to make sure their loved ones "were not lost in vain."
"One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, 'Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come,' " Bush told reporters after a meeting at the State Department.
Putting aside the incredible hubris it takes to think that the Iraq clusterfuck is a foundation for anything but more of the same, only worse, this was about the only coherent thing he said. Clearly, the "burden" has become too much for Bush but the MSM is not reporting Bush's obviously deteriorating mental state.
How else to explain the garbage that Bush spewed yesterday? Granted, he's never been known as a great orator but has he ever been this incoherent?
THE PRESIDENT: Madam Secretary, thank you very much for your hospitality. I just had a very interesting dialogue on how to strengthen the State Department's capacity to bring freedom and peace around the world...
"I just had a... dialogue"?? Last I checked, it takes two to dialogue.
After my -- now my eighth year as President, I've gotten to know the people in the State Department well, and I'm impressed, and so should our citizens.
That's reminiscent of so many other Bushisms that I guess people now just translate Bushspeak to English subconsciously.
Obviously we want to expand the reach of the State Department by increasing the size and its efficiencies, and to make sure that there's interoperability. And along these lines, of course, I'm fully aware that folks who have worked in the State Department lost their lives and -- in Iraq, along with our military folks. And on this day of reflection, I offer our deepest sympathies to their families. I hope their families know that the citizens pray for their comfort and strength, whether they were the first one who lost their life in Iraq or recently lost their lives in Iraq -- that every life is precious in our sight.
Wow, nice segue, from "increasing [State's] size and its efficiencies" (whatever the fuck that means) to "deepest sympathies". So sincere. And the last sentence in that quote is so mangled, at least three of my past English professors are spinning in their graves.
And the grand finale, that included the "coherent" statement that the MSM is reporting? That was actually plucked from one long run-on sentence:
And I guess my one thought I wanted to leave with those who still hurt is that one day people will look back at this moment in history and say, thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come; that I have vowed in the past, and I will vow so long as I'm President, to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain, that, in fact, there is a outcome that will merit the sacrifice that civilian and military alike have made; that our strategy going forward will be aimed at making sure that we achieve victory and, therefore, America becomes more secure and these young democracies survive, and peace more likely as we head into the 21st century.
Yes, that's one sentence.
Now that I've got that off my chest, let me address the scary subtext of the statement.
I just had a very interesting dialogue on how to strengthen the State Department's capacity to bring freedom and peace around the world, and how to make sure the State Department works collaboratively with the Defense Department, as we deal with some of the more difficult areas, and really take advantage of some of the great opportunities that we're faced with.
Bear in mind that in Bush's delusions, Iraq = "freedom and peace". It was Rice's predecessor at State who made the case for war with Iraq, "work[ing] collaboratively with the Defense Department". Iran is a great opportunity, dontcha think? Do you think a single news organization picked up on that statement?
Lastly, I'd like to comment on State Department employees who were less than "willing to serve". Remember this from last Halloween?
Calling it "a potential death sentence," several hundred diplomats expressed their resentment Wednesday over a new State Department policy that could force them to serve in Iraq or risk losing their jobs... The sharpest comments came from Jack Croddy, a 36-year veteran of the Foreign Service.
To loud applause from his fellow workers, he asked how the State Department could protect people in Baghdad or the Iraq countryside when "incoming is coming in every day. Rockets are hitting the Green Zone."
"It is one thing if someone believes in what is going on over there and volunteers," he said, "but it is another thing to send someone over there on a forced assignment. And I'm sorry, but basically that is a potential death sentence and you know it. Who will raise our children if we are dead or wounded?"
Last week's announcement said about 200 people would be informed this week they are "prime candidates" for assignment in Iraq, and those chosen would be notified later.
George Bush is seriously deluded and - surprise! - the press is asleep.
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