Bush's address to the Nation..Your thoughts, page 6

"Fellow citizens: The year ahead will demand more patience, sacrifice, and resolve. It can be tempting to think that America can put aside the burdens of freedom."

bush isn't garbage, he's just the litterbug....and this is the most laughable piece of garbage I seen spill out of his mouth yet....

is he willing to sacrifice his and his friends great tax cuts to pay for this war....nope!
is haliburton even willing to lay aside a little of their profits just to ensure that the troops get quality water and food.....heck no!!!

has anyone in this nation, outside of the people being sent over there and their families, and a few good samaritans who've given donations for the equipment and such the troops need, and maybe a few anti war protesters sacrificed, or even been asked to sacrifice anything....except maybe a few of their constitutional freedoms which is what make this statement so laughable!!!

our generation isn't even willing to sacrifice the cost of this war, we are passing that down to our children, the ones we are asking to go fight in the war.

the war has been fought on the cheap from the beginning, and the cost is still outrageous because the administration felt the whole thing should be used to benefit a select few comanies, heaven forbid that the actual cost of the war should impede on the enrichment of a few companies, or that the average voter might have to be asked to pay a little more in taxes!! only reason why so many are turning against this war is that they've seen the pricetag for it.

I'm for one of two things. either send in enough troops to get the job done right, start up the draft if necessary, increase the taxes if necessary, whatever, but send such and overwhelming force into the country that there's so many american uniforms and guns everywhere that not even an insane suicide bomber will think it unwise to try anything. give the iraqi people 6 months to a year to get all their ducks in order, they decide their own issues as far as government structure, training their military, building the intrastructure, ect... but well, they better do it right, cause we're out of there in that six months to a year.. but for that six months, do the best you can to provide a climate of stability and safety for the IRaqis...something they haven't had since we invaded.

or if the american politicians and people don't want to make such a big commitment, well, just bring the troops we have there home, and take the loss. but that extra 20,000 troops aren't gonna help one bit, and we're sitting ducks over there with our worn out equipment and battle worn force if Isreal hits Iran and the pressure cooker blows...and all of IRaq's neighbors decide we're their enemy and sends their forces in to remove the american presence from their proximity. and well, I can't even imagine what the military's state would be in if we lost the forces we have in IRaq.