I didn’t get to hear the speech last night, but I had already read enough about it via the Blogosphere to know much of what was coming. Bush doesn’t like to admit mistakes (who does?), so when he does do that — it actually means something! When he says that he takes full responsibility — that actually means something! The main point of the speech is that he, George Bush, President of the United States, is intent on winning this war in Iraq. For the sake of the future of the Western World, I sure hope that this can be accomplished. To simply give up now and take the road that the Democrats, the Liberals and the Progressives so long to walk down — would bring disaster, death and tyranny to us all.

The Anchoress finds it interesting that the Democrats were FOR the insertion of more troops, before they were AGAINST it! It is the John Kerry party after all.

The Democrat philosophy of the past 3-4 years has essentially been, “whatever it is, if Bush is for it, we’re against it. If Bush is against it, we’re for it!”

So, as recently as December 2006, Dems were calling for more troops and acknowledging that we can’t afford to lose.

Dec. 5. 2006 – In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias.”

She also has her thoughts plus a list of posts and links to other reactions to the speech.

Somehow I don’t think that the Dems will figure out how to “support the troops” and “cut & run” at the same time — but it won’t stop them from trying. See Jonah Goldberg’s latest LA Times column on the cognitive dissonance of the current Democratic position(s) on the war — What Position? (db)

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