Another take on Bush's Thanksgiving visit

[Cloud9]

I'm interested to hear people's reactions to this article: http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/...ushInIraq.html


Excerpt:

According to Bush, the U.S. military is defeat terrorists in Iraq, "so that we don't have to face to face them in our own country." In the next breath, he said that they were, "defeating Saddam's henchmen." Conflating the al Qaeda terrorists responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with the supporters of Saddam Hussein appears an all too obvious effort to exploit the American public's weak grasp of international affairs. Baathist Iraq was not home to al Qaeda terrorists. If al Qaeda is now operating in Iraq, it is because a chaotic U.S. occupation made the country a suitable environment.

[AGDee]

I agree.

Dee

[DeltAlum]

I think the President's messages on terrorism, why we got into this war, WMD's, etc. have been difinitely mixed -- and often unfounded.

But I'm not sure Pravda would be high on my list for unbiased reporting of such.

[Cloud9]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
I think the President's messages on terrorism, why we got into this war, WMD's, etc. have been difinitely mixed -- and often unfounded.

But I'm not sure Pravda would be high on my list for unbiased reporting of such.

Yes, that's true, I just thought it was interesting to see a foreign publication's viewpoint...

[DeltAlum]

Granted.

[bethany1982]

I read Pravda often. They are not as slanted as they once were. As far as the President's message and reasons for going to war, I think they can probably fit together without contradiction. There was no single reason. Perhaps they are simply different angles of the same problem, not contradictions.


Edited because of lack of sleep.