PRESIDENT BUSH speaks TONIGHT
 

President Bush to address the nation at 8 p.m. EST tonight; will
say Saddam Hussein must leave Iraq to avoid war.
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Really, and maybe I am just ignorant about the whole process. I think we are basically ALREADY at war. So many of my friends, friend's S.O.'s, family have already been deployed! There have been stories in the local paper about a couple of casualties that have already taken place, due to "routine" assignments.

BAH----don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining!

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Ant-Bush Vent!!!! Funk 'em!!
 

I am so tired of him. :mad: Quit trying to convince me that:

1. Quit trying to convince me that this war IS NOT personal. Quit being a puppet for you pops. Bush Jr. is a prime example as to why kids should not settle for being a "C" student and should not use drugs.

2. I dont' want to hear ish from Bush. DOn't preach to me about how Saddamm has the potential to build and use weapons of mass destruction when you already have a country (North Korea) that has PRODUCED said weapons and have been testing them right as we speak. Hmmm. who poses the greater threat to safety? :confused:

3. The WSJ has gotten ahold of information regarding WHO will get to rebuild Iraq (out gov't is currently accepting bids from private companies to do this) and guess which companies are on ths list. Those that VP Cheney, Conde, and a host of other Bush's homies have connections to within the oil industry.

4. If we are in the middle of a war (still) by the time the 2004 elections (or when the campaigning period) begans, there will be no elections. You can not hold them during times of war. Granted this is well over a year from now, but who knows. Haven't you noticed how Bush will talk some ish and post-pone the war? Hmmmmm....

Re: Ant-Bush Vent!!!! Funk 'em!!
 

I am soooo sick of Bush, I am really considering voting for Al Sharpton, just to get his a$$ outta office.........:rolleyes:

Re: Re: Ant-Bush Vent!!!! Funk 'em!!
 

Girl, don't get me started! I am voting for him anyway. It's a long story, but I don't have the time, nor is this the thread for it.

To be honest, I am still in denial about this war. It has not set in. I am trying to convince myself that this is serious business, but it is so surreal. I don't think that it will become real until it actually hits "home." You know? Right now, it is over in Iraq and I feel so detached from it. That is partly because this war is such BULLISHT that I can't possibly believe it. After the conference tonight, I don't know what will happen....

I think the first pick says it all! LOL!!

Why am I in tears? I know why? Because this ASS is on TV announcing that we are 48 hrs. away from war and there is NO apparent or adequate reasons for it!!!! Why are there so many young sistas and brothas over there staring death in the face? Why is he telling us that WE, the civilians, are at GREAT risk? Why is he telling us that we are a "peaceful" people, yet in the same breath says that he is willing to attack at any cost?

You know what? I can't type right now because my hands are shaking too badly. I'll be back.

*sigh*

I feel you, RedefinedDiva. I'm scared too. I really don't even know what to say about it anymore. There's nothing that any of us can do. We are at the whim of this lunatic. I'm also worried that now Saddam is backed into a corner, he will strike before the 48 hours are up. If you know the bully is coming after you, why would you play on his terms? All we can do now is pray.

Bush Gives Saddam 48 Hours to Flee Iraq
20 minutes ago

By RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday gave Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) a 48-hour deadline to flee Iraq (news - web sites) or face a U.S.-led invasion, saying American forces will wage war "at a time of our choosing."

The president, commander in chief of 250,000 U.S. troops poised at the borders of Iraq, addressed the nation at 8 p.m. EST.

In the White House speech, Bush said the U.S. tried to resolve the crisis peacefully, but "we are not dealing with peaceful men."

An intense White House debate over whether to establish a timetable was settled hours before the president's speech.

"It boils down to the president is giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to get out of town," Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., said after he and other lawmakers met with the president and his advisers at the White House earlier. Skelton said of the likelihood of Saddam leaving, "I don't think he will. I don't think anyone thinks he will."

"The diplomatic window has now been closed," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) declared Monday morning, just 12 hours after Bush's return from an Atlantic island summit with his allies from Britain and Spain.


A quick round of telephone calls Sunday night and Monday morning confirmed what aides said Bush had concluded before the summit: The allies' U.N. resolution was doomed to fail.


He ordered the measure withdrawn to avoid an embarrassing defeat, then gave the go-ahead for a long-planned ultimatum address.


The American public, by a 2-1 margin, generally supports military action against Iraq to remove Saddam, a slight increase from recent weeks, according to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll out Monday. Opinion was evenly divided when people were asked about an attack without an attempt to gain U.N. backing.


Bush asked Australia to participate in a "coalition of the willing" preparing for war against Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said.


White House and congressional sources said Bush intends to send Congress a bill seeking more than $70 billion to pay for the war.


Seven months ago, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) helped persuade Bush to seek U.N. approval for military action despite the objections of anti-Saddam hawks like Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites).


His diplomacy derailed, Powell sounded ready to turn to war. "The moment of truth is arriving," said the retired Army general was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Persian Gulf War (news - web sites) led by Bush's father.


He said the only way war could be avoided was for "Saddam Hussein and his immediate cohorts to leave the country."


Senior White House officials said they did not expect Saddam to seek exile. Thus, Bush planned to be at war within a matter of days, they said.


Powell suggested that even an 11th-hour effort by Saddam to disarm wouldn't avoid war.


"I can think of nothing Saddam Hussein could do diplomatically," he said. "He had his chance."

What scares me is....
 

do they think that Iraq is just going to sit and twiddle their thumbs for 48 hours waiting for us to attack? They have enuf notice to hit us first. We have backed Saddam into a corner with no way to save face. It doesn't seem to me he is someone who is just going to say "Okay, okay, you win. I'm going into exile now." :(

Yes, I am about to yell!
 

WHAT MAKES BUSH THINK THAT THIS MAN IS GOING TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY? What if some folks didn't agree with our way of life, as they have already shown, and came over here trying to force us to conform to their standards? How can Bush tell those people that their way of life is wrong?

You know, it has NOT been proven to a great enough degree for me to believe that they have these horrific weapons of mass destruction. If they do have them, they have not had the balls to use them yet. However, now that their hands have been forced and have NOTHING to lose, if they do have them, what is going to stop them from using them now? Saddam is not going to wait. If he does, I will applaud him. Why? Because I beat he is saying the same thing that I am thinking, "What are you going to do?" I would sit and see if he is as 'bout it as he says he is. But you know what? A LOT of people will die behind this madness. The large part will be Iraqi civilians. But of the American casualties, it will be young sistas and brothas. The Armed Forces are loaded with young men and women of all races and they are on the front lines.

I, like so many of you, have friends and family over there. If they aren't gone yet, I am sure that more of our peeps will be shipped out in the days and weeks to come. Hopefully, the harsh realities of war won't touch home soil. If so, I don't know what I will do. I am too young to die. Even if I were 90, I would still be too young. If it were a DAMN good cause, I wouldn't be so afraid. However, this is NOT one of those causes....

What is we gon' do? (my new signature :p)

Right now, there is a full moon over the Iraqi skies. We will not go in to attack under a full moon (too much light-we prefer the cover of darkness).

And there you have it folks, the reason behind that 48 hour crap?

Bush is so full of ish! I don't know whether to be mad, sad, or just plain disenchanted.

I think this year, I will volunteer on a presidential campaign committee.

Just pray y'all. Just pray. :(

That pretty much sums it all up!:(