Friday, June 29, 2007

"Strategic Culmination" And More Proof The President Doesn't Have A Clue About The Real World

The other day, Mr. Bush was busy spending hard earned Taxpayer Dollars on yet another PR junket, this time to the Naval War College in Rhode Island. Of course, the President was busy gallivanting about in Marine One
On the way toward the War College, the President will have an aerial tour of Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007; he'll fly over and take a peak.
But that's not the point of this particular post.

Really, I love W unscripted. It's then that he reveals himself and his new clothes. Of course, no one near him has the courage to say that he's naked in them, but one question from a rather smart individual in the audience gets an interesting reply.

Have a look:
Q Thank you very much. Our family was touched by 9/11, and I want to thank you very much for the support of the 9/11 families. Peter Dutton is my name. I'm from the Naval War College faculty. I wanted to ask you about your thoughts concerning strategic culmination. Are we --

THE PRESIDENT: Strategic --

Q Strategic culmination. In other words, are we getting to the point where we're unable to continue to affect world events in other areas other than the Middle East because of our huge commitment there to the Middle East?

THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate that. Obviously, we're constantly balancing -- the first mission is, succeed in Iraq; let me just put it to you that way. And -- yes, I think we are. I think we're capable of dealing with more than one event at a time; witness the fact that we've got a lot of troops in Afghanistan. Fortunately, we've got a lot of NATO allies with us in Afghanistan. One of the things that I don't think a lot of people have really figured out is how successful we've been about putting -- about our ability to put coalitions together. There are a lot of troops in Iraq other than our own, and there's a lot of troops in Afghanistan other than our own.

The other hot spots, of course, would be the Far East. We've got a significant military presence there. We hope and pray that diplomacy works -- I think it will -- in dealing with the North Korean issue. But we got -- we're amply suited to deal with a lot of different theaters. But we're constantly watching; that's the job of the Joint Chiefs. Their job is to constantly monitor threats, positioning of troops, capabilities; and they bring them to my attention.

And I think people recognize that obviously -- you know, our military is undergoing through a lot of hard work and pressure. But according to them, they feel pretty good about it. And if they feel good about it, so do I.
But Mr. President isn't talking to the GIs on extended tours and listening to those who are tooling around Baghdad with big targets for terrorist practice pasted on the sides of their unarmored trucks.

2 comments:

enigma4ever said...

love the part about the naked ....welll, new clothes...good sooooooo true....like Katrina re-runs...I actually saw this address the other day on cspan....another stellar moment for dear leader...he looked only mildly dazed and confused....I also spend way tooo much time trying to figure out if has liquor on board...thanks for your writeups...

( it is kind of like having someone make you laugh when you have the flu....)

Anonymous said...


You can't make this stuff up!

Bush(on the link): ''I told you what the mission was, and that's what we're doing. Now we have launched a wider offensive, called Operation Phantom Thunder, which is taking the fight to the enemy in the capital as well as its surrounding regions.''

phan·tom also fan·tom (fntm)


n.
1. a. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition. b. Something elusive or delusive.

2. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.

3. Something dreaded or despised.

adj.
1. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.

2. Fictitious; nonexistent: phantom employees on the payroll.


The Pentagon having fun in Bushworld.