The quotes Bush left out of his war speech

[Thom Little]

By John Carlson
Des Moines Register
Friday, Dec. 2, 2005


President Bush was delivering what was called "a major speech on Iraq" on Wednesday when he mentioned a very familiar name and spoke a few somewhat familiar words.

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Bush said: "Our troops in Iraq see the gains that Iraqis are making. Lt. Col. Todd Wood of Richmond Hill, Ga., is training Iraqi forces in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. (Wood) says this about the Iraqi units he is working with:

" 'They're pretty much ready to go it on their own. . . . What they're doing now would have been impossible a year ago. . . . These guys are patriots, willing to go out knowing the insurgents would like nothing better than to kill them and their families. . . . They're getting better, and they'll keep getting better.' "

Every word was spoken by Wood. I know this because Wood said them to me in Tikrit and I put them in The Des Moines Register in late October.

The thing is, the official White House transcript of the speech included ellipses, those little dots that show the reader something was left out of what was being quoted. Problem is, there are no ellipses in an oral presentation.


Click the link to read more about how Bush twisted this soldier's words so he could exploit them for political gain.


http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051202/OPINION01/51202001/1001

[central scrutinizer]

1. Bushco lying?

say it ain't so

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[SCDem]

2. Good job John Carlson

for calling Bush on his speech.

Thank you media for finally doing journalism instead of stenography.

[ewagner]

3. That makes THREE!

THREE times in his speech, Bush* took things out of context or deleted key pharases which would have revealed the true meaning.

There is this story

There is the story about the Marine who was killed in action.

There is the story of the Iraqis leading the assault in Kahil(?)

This guy can't open his mouth without lying....

[cliss]

6. And, there's more....

In the LBN, there's an article about "10 Marines killed in Falloujah", 4 still missing.

That just about nails the coffin lid on Bush's "Plan for Victory".

[Christa]

4. What a pathetic excuse for a human being he is

:puke:

[jsamuel]

5. awesome