President Acknowledges 'Learning as We Go' in Iraq

Source: WaPo

Wednesday, May 28, 2008; 3:23 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, May 28 -- President Bush acknowledged to "learning as we go" in building democracy in Iraq, as he used a commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy Wednesday to counsel patience and resolve in America's wars of the 21st century.

Bush sought to link the battle against Islamic extremists in Iraq and elsewhere to the 20th century battles against fascism and communism. "In the 21st century," Bush said, "our nation is once again contending with an ideology that seeks to sow anger and hatred and despair -- the ideology of Islamic extremism."

But Bush found differences between now and then. "One challenge is that in the past, in Germany and Japan, the work of rebuilding took place in relative quiet," Bush told the more than 1,000 graduates and their families. "Today, we're helping emerging democracies rebuild under fire from terrorist networks and state sponsors of terror. This is a difficult and unprecedented task -- and we're learning as we go."

He noted that in Iraq "we learned from hard experience that newly liberated people cannot make political and economic progress unless they first have some measure of security."



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So if Iraq is a democracy and 80% of the Iraqis want us
gone why are we still there?

In a fucking INVASION?!! :wtf:

hire a few Iraqis instead of allowing Halliburton, KBR, etc to rape the land and economy and importing cheap labor there to do it. Maybe not having a job, no electricity, and no water has something else to do with their anger? Just taking a wild stab at it.

It's as if he wakes up in the morning wondering what kind of fantastically-assholish things to say that day.

Because you haven't learned a damn thing.

"learning as we go"..add that to the Bushism category. That category needs to be titled "The Neocon Information Packet to Illegal Invasions."

"Bush sought to link the battle against Islamic extremists in Iraq and elsewhere to the 20th century battles against fascism and communism."

The funny thing is he probably believes what he is saying.

This day by day INSANITY could be part of that deal. I was at one point jubilant when I read the story, I am still pessimistically optimistic, he has day to day gone further into the "what's he talking about now?" realm.

Wow, No more Bush for America's political life!

people cannot make political and economic progress unless they first have some measure of security."

Really? I learned that from "The Art of War," which I read in high school over 20 years ago.

:eyes:

mikey_the_rat

the chimp learns NOTHING--he STAYS THE COURSE--of disaster.

If you don't know what you are doing and you're thinking of invading another country, overthrowing its government, and trying to maintain peace and stability afterwards.......DON'T DO IT!!!!!! Otherwise a lot of people might die needlessly and a lot of people might end up hating your guts who could've been your friends. There is NO on-the-job education/training when it comes to invading and occupying a country!!!! WTF is Bush talking about?


:puke:

as he goes (fishing, bike riding, clearing rubbish at the ranch, hob-nobbing with campaign contributors on the rubber-chicken circuit with McBush on the tax-payers dime)....while the Free Ride Media looks for the latest entertainment news splash.

But by golly, the learning experience was just soooo valuable for President Gentleman's C.

Lousy mouse.

he has no idea what he's doing and he plans to learn from his own mistakes.

:thumbsup: