Here we go again!

By: Me

Amid the recent attacks on his administrations policy, President Bush on Sunday softened the White House's lashings to those critical of the Iraq war, saying they have "every right to voice their dissent."

Bush specifically cited Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran and longtime armed forces advocate who called last week for the U.S. to withdraw its troops. Not two days prior, spokesman for Bush, Scott Mclellan, had assailed Murtha, saying that Murtha's idea would only encourage terrorists and compared him to liberal filmographer Michael Moore. But on Sunday, Bush called Murtha, "a fine man, a good man, who served our country with honor and distinction."


"I know the decision to call for an immediate withdrawal of our troops by Congressman Murtha was done in a careful and thoughtful way," Bush said in Beijing. "I disagree with his position." The debate over Bush's handling of the war and when and how to withdraw american troops dominated his trip to Asia, which was a weeklong.

But on Sunday, Bush said he would "totally reject" the idea that criticism of the war is unpatriotic. "This is not an issue of who's patriotic and who's not patriotic," he said. "It's an issue of an honest, open debate about the way forward in Iraq. I am confident we will succeed in Iraq."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also welcomed dissent on the war, stating that politicians might "respectfully disagree" with her belief that the invasion of Iraq will remake the Middle East.

My issues:

Those who think that Americans might not have the right to express there dissent should try reading and old document. It's called the Constitution of the U.S. of A.

Democrats have compared George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler at times, and all the Republicans can compare people to is Michael Moore? Wake up, do some research, and find someone more intimidating than Michael Moore to compare "evil" Liberals to.

Why is our president speaking about our troop withdrawls in Beijing? What the hell do they have to do with anything? As a matter of fact what does any of this have to do with Beijing? Beijing is the capital of China, unless there is a Beijing North Dakota that I don't know about. Is he talking about all of this to try to assuage China's fears over a US invasion of their Sovereign country? China has over 1 billion people! If they only had loincloths and rocks they wouldn't be afraid of America invading!


Last, but not least, why is our Secretary of State, our chief diplomat, talking about how our invasion of Iraq will remake the entire Middle East? Maybe we should give her the Secretary of Defense position, and Donald Rumsfeld the Secretary of State position. We all know how well he can tap dance around actual issues with a flair for the dramatic. While we're at it, let's make Dick Cheney the Secretary of the Interior. After all he is always inside some secure bunker somewhere. Then let's switch the Secretaries of Labor and Education. Most people don't even know their names anyway. (Department of Labor:Secretary Elaine Chao;Department of Education:Secretary Margaret Spellings)

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