Bush's Speech of June 28, 2005

Just more of the same propaganda and pseudo solutions to problems--We'll solve the problem by solving the problem. If you have heard one of his speeches you have heard basically them all.
His propaganda ploy--juxtaposition--of mentioning 9/11 with the war in Iraq is obvious and shows how desperate his policy is becoming.
The slogan--it is better to be fighting terrorists in Iraq than on the streets of America--is just that, a slogan. The administration and apologists brag about how well they have been doing in protecting America, that their efforts are working yet claim that if they hadn't attacked Iraq and deposed Saddam we would be fighting here. A real lame-brained argument with no substance.
The real problem I see is that the Bush administration does not have a clue about the origins of terrorism we are fighting. They try to paint the problem as being one of a dangerous ideology intent on taking over the world and doing away with democracy. It, the war, is about a regional nationalism, a cultural clash, an Arab "Monroe Doctrine" if you will and we, the US and other Western Nations, are transgressors. What we can expect in the future is more and more resistance to our presence from Arabs all over the Middle East. There is no end in sight, not as long as we remain in the region militarily.
There was no mention of a plan, unless you consider saying we are going to continue to blunder our way as before and hope they Arabs and Iraqis tire of the fight. When you consider that they strap on vests to kill us, while we strap on vests that hopefully will save us, you have to wonder who is more committed to the fight?
Bush speaks of all the building going on in Iraq, yet what with all the bombings and military actions there seems to be more destruction than rebuilding going on. The military has a heavy foot print and there are "tracks" all over Iraq. One might wonder what is the price tag going to be--at least someone in our government should be asking that question?