Liveblogging Bush Speech On Iraq 1/10/07
9:03: "Violence, particularly in Baghdad, overwhelmed the political achievements of that year [2005]."
9:03: "The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people. It is unacceptable to me."
9:05: 80% of sectarian violence in Baghdad. The road to victory in Iraq leads through Baghdad.
9:06: The focus is fighting sectarian violence. That's good, but only if Iraqis are going to do everything they say their going to do.
9:08: The name of this thing is the Baghdad Security Plan. Interesting.
9:09: OK, moving away from military solutions. Also a good sign. By November, Iraqis will be control. SHARED OIL REVENUE. FINALLY!
9:10: Is this a timetable?
9:11: Essential US security mission: training troops
9:12: Al Qaeda is active, especially in Anbar, where they are based. Killing and capturing al Qaeda leaders, with help from tribal leaders? Good news.
9:13: Still not convinced we actually need more troops to do this.
9:13: Iran and Syria. Tough line.
9:14: Carrier group to the region. The Gulf? the Mediterranean?
9:15: Has any country besides the US formally recognized Iraq's government?
9:15: The US offering an ideology of hope and freedom? It worked in the Cold War.
9:19 RIP "Stay the Course"
9:19: Bi-partisan working group. Again, finally.
9:20: RIP "Small footprint"
9:20: He should probably do this more often.
9:22: Short speech. Chris Matthews says that library is where Carter used to address the American people. Not a great image to evoke.
I wonder who will else, besides Joe Lieberman, will be in the working group. A lot of the things that Bush has talked about have been bouncing around the blogosphere and elsewhere for over a year.
Official Democratic response:
9:25: Ugh, Dick Durbin.
9:26: Durbin is saying that 20,000 is too small to win, but a lot of lives to risk.
9:26: "We have protected Iraq when do one else would."
9:27: Always with the healthcare.
9:27: They don't have "911" in Iraq. It would be "tissah (٩)-wahid (۱)-wahid(۱)," anyway.
9:32: Matthews seems to remember history a lot different, as no one knew whether Iraq was or wasn't involved in 9-11. He also talks about "getting out." What about winning?
I'm not sold on the more troops idea, but I like the other stuff Bush said, although I hope it is not too little too late.
9:38: Flipped over to FoxNews. Caught the end of McCain. He doesn't look very Presidential. OK, done for now. Might have a slightly more analytic post up about this tonight or tomorrow.
9:03: "The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people. It is unacceptable to me."
9:05: 80% of sectarian violence in Baghdad. The road to victory in Iraq leads through Baghdad.
9:06: The focus is fighting sectarian violence. That's good, but only if Iraqis are going to do everything they say their going to do.
9:08: The name of this thing is the Baghdad Security Plan. Interesting.
9:09: OK, moving away from military solutions. Also a good sign. By November, Iraqis will be control. SHARED OIL REVENUE. FINALLY!
9:10: Is this a timetable?
9:11: Essential US security mission: training troops
9:12: Al Qaeda is active, especially in Anbar, where they are based. Killing and capturing al Qaeda leaders, with help from tribal leaders? Good news.
9:13: Still not convinced we actually need more troops to do this.
9:13: Iran and Syria. Tough line.
9:14: Carrier group to the region. The Gulf? the Mediterranean?
9:15: Has any country besides the US formally recognized Iraq's government?
9:15: The US offering an ideology of hope and freedom? It worked in the Cold War.
9:19 RIP "Stay the Course"
9:19: Bi-partisan working group. Again, finally.
9:20: RIP "Small footprint"
9:20: He should probably do this more often.
9:22: Short speech. Chris Matthews says that library is where Carter used to address the American people. Not a great image to evoke.
I wonder who will else, besides Joe Lieberman, will be in the working group. A lot of the things that Bush has talked about have been bouncing around the blogosphere and elsewhere for over a year.
Official Democratic response:
9:25: Ugh, Dick Durbin.
9:26: Durbin is saying that 20,000 is too small to win, but a lot of lives to risk.
9:26: "We have protected Iraq when do one else would."
9:27: Always with the healthcare.
9:27: They don't have "911" in Iraq. It would be "tissah (٩)-wahid (۱)-wahid(۱)," anyway.
9:32: Matthews seems to remember history a lot different, as no one knew whether Iraq was or wasn't involved in 9-11. He also talks about "getting out." What about winning?
I'm not sold on the more troops idea, but I like the other stuff Bush said, although I hope it is not too little too late.
9:38: Flipped over to FoxNews. Caught the end of McCain. He doesn't look very Presidential. OK, done for now. Might have a slightly more analytic post up about this tonight or tomorrow.
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