Bush Says Patience Is Needed as Nations Build a Democracy

It is a "mission" that need not to have been undertaken at all.

Bill Clinton: Iraq Changes Good for Region

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press Writer

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Former President Clinton said Wednesday the political changes in Iraq, including parliamentary elections in January, will help bring stability to the region.

Clinton met with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and a number of Danish lawmakers during his visit. The former president spoke with reporters before flying to Jordan for a poverty conference.

"The Sunnis and the Shiites, the Kurds and all the various tribes can work out accommodations that will allow them to build a stable society, I think that will be good for Iraq and good for the Middle East," Clinton said at the end of a two-day visit to Denmark.

In January, Iraq held the its first democratic parliamentary elections to choose a 275-member National Assembly and provincial legislatures.

"There is no point living in the past," Clinton said. "Look at where we are now. Everyone, all freedom-loving people would be better off with a genuinely representative, effective, free government in Iraq whatever your feelings are about what went on before."

Well then your elected democrats who passed the legislation giving him the authority are also guilty of the "lies" you keep chirping on about.

By the way Mr. President, just how much patience are we supposed to have? How many more of our GI's have to die so your patience can be awarded? You should have removed the forces the minute you found out there were no WMD.

Perhaps he was saying that if something is important to do, you should stick with it even if it's difficult. Sounds reasonable to me.

You know, most wars in history have not been a straight path from entry to victory, even for America, much less for other countries. I guess you only want us to take on the easy missions.

You both think we should have toppled Saddam then pulled out?

Brandon9000 wrote:

Perhaps he was saying that if something is important to do, you should stick with it even if it's difficult. Sounds reasonable to me.

You know, most wars in history have not been a straight path from entry to victory, even for America, much less for other countries. I guess you only want us to take on the easy missions.

But this war is supposed to already be over. We're not talking about war at this point, we're talking about a country running itself. It was doing this before we came. It can't seem to do it now.

Here is a bushspeak to English translation



Patience to build a democracy.- Bushspeak

Hey there's still money to be made from this crusade for me and my campaign contributors-English

blueveinedthrobber wrote:

Here is a bushspeak to English translation



Patience to build a democracy.- Bushspeak

Hey there's still money to be made from this crusade for me and my campaign contributors-English

That is apparently your belief, but belief is not knowledge. I assume that if I asked for anything to support your interpretation I would engender some crack about my age or about how I have blinders on, but nothing on point.

What of this great patience when it came to allowing inspectors to do their job? Hmmm? Where was his patience then?

You both think we should have toppled Saddam then pulled out?

What of this great patience when it came to allowing inspectors to do their job? Hmmm? Where was his patience then?

Ticomaya wrote:

You both think we should have toppled Saddam then pulled out?

No. We had a valid "warrant" to remove the regime due to constant violations of the terms of surrender and a valid "warrent" to search and remove any WMD. We accomplished the first objective when we pulled Saddam out of the "hole". We continued our search at then came to the determination that there were no WMD.

AT THAT MOMENT, US Soldiers stopped being soldiers and became peacekeepers and traffic cops and TARGETS. Once our soldiers stop being soldiers, get them out of harms way. It is WAY PAST TIME for the Iraquis to govern themselves. If they still want to kill each other, not my problem.

squinney wrote:

What of this great patience when it came to allowing inspectors to do their job? Hmmm? Where was his patience then?

Don't blame Bush for that. There was 12 years of "patience" which returned nothing prior to Bush getting in office.