What a dispirited, dispiriting speech President George W. Bush delivered to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
Guy Smiley
Slate
by Fred Kaplan
03/19/07
What a dispirited, dispiriting speech President George W. Bush delivered this morning to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. One could argue that it would have been dishonest to deliver any other sort of speech, for few things are more dispiriting than this war, which has now gone on for a quarter-year longer than America’s involvement in World War II. Yes, the war in Iraq is a very different war, but one would have thought — certainly we were told — it would be a lot shorter. And President Bush made it very clear that this war is not nearly over...
http://www.slate.com/id/2162159/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fred+Kaplan
Slate
by Fred Kaplan
03/19/07
What a dispirited, dispiriting speech President George W. Bush delivered this morning to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. One could argue that it would have been dishonest to deliver any other sort of speech, for few things are more dispiriting than this war, which has now gone on for a quarter-year longer than America’s involvement in World War II. Yes, the war in Iraq is a very different war, but one would have thought — certainly we were told — it would be a lot shorter. And President Bush made it very clear that this war is not nearly over...
http://www.slate.com/id/2162159/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fred+Kaplan
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