http://www.davejustus.com/2004/08/31/laura-bushs-speech/ None Sine Causa Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.davejustus.com/2004/08/31/laura-bushs-speech/#comment-188 Jennifer Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:39:00 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2004/08/31/laura-bushs-speech/#comment-188 I thought she did a decent job also. Especially, as you said, countering the impression some people have as the President being a war-monger. Was it John Kerry who alluded to this in his acceptance speech (among other times), saying that he would never go to war unless he absolutely had to (and receiving thunderderous applause as a result)? It really bothers me that some Democrats are trying to claim that Bush brought the country into the Iraq war just to satisfy his blood-thirsty need for power, or to finish his dad's job in the Gulf War. I see most of the matter boiling down to the debate of the importance of the threat that Iraq posed. Evidently, with the intelligence that was presented to him, Bush thought Iraq was a very real and dangerous threat. Others (including many liberals) did not see that -- or just didn't want to go to war regardless of whether or not there was a significant threat. However, they do not let it stand as a mere difference in opinion; they prefer to slam Bush and imply that we went to war on a whim. I find this unfortunate and irresponsible of them. I thought she did a decent job also. Especially, as you said, countering the impression some people have as the President being a war-monger. Was it John Kerry who alluded to this in his acceptance speech (among other times), saying that he would never go to war unless he absolutely had to (and receiving thunderderous applause as a result)? It really bothers me that some Democrats are trying to claim that Bush brought the country into the Iraq war just to satisfy his blood-thirsty need for power, or to finish his dad’s job in the Gulf War. I see most of the matter boiling down to the debate of the importance of the threat that Iraq posed. Evidently, with the intelligence that was presented to him, Bush thought Iraq was a very real and dangerous threat. Others (including many liberals) did not see that — or just didn’t want to go to war regardless of whether or not there was a significant threat. However, they do not let it stand as a mere difference in opinion; they prefer to slam Bush and imply that we went to war on a whim. I find this unfortunate and irresponsible of them.

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