Some war on terrorism, eh?

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath.

Interesting choice of words up there. Not, "there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for their actions", but rather for their mistakes or misjudgements. Sorry, but if mistakes and misjudgements were made in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath, then indeed, someone should be held accountable.

[scaeagles]

If you do not or are unwilling to show that your words mean business, as we have in Iraq, then you lose credibility. Iran must take us seriously. I agree with Sleepyjeff - we have shown we are willing to pay the price necessary to back up our words and Iran must take us seriously. These "secret plans" are most likely deliberately leaked to let the Iranians know we mean business.

[Nephythys]

He can't win- if he stands for what he has been doing he is denounced as arrogant. If he were to change course and flip on everything he would be denounced for that as well- fact is, those who chose to hate him, will hate him no matter what.

[Betty]

I just hate the fact that he says the American people support him in this war because they reelected him. Not true.

Slightly less then half the country did NOT vote for him. Slightly less then half do NOT support the war? That's a LOT of people!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Betty

I just hate the fact that he says the American people support him in this war because they reelected him. Not true.

Slightly less then half the country did NOT vote for him. Slightly less then half do NOT support the war? That's a LOT of people!

You can't make the assumption that everyone who voted against him did so because of the war- it is entirely possible (and more likely than not) that many voted for someone else for a different reason- and vice versa, you can't assume that everyone who voted for him did so in support of the war. Too much bleed over-

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I would say that the reason Bush won the election was not so much that people agree with his handling of the war. It was simply because they didn't like John Kerry.

Bush's approval rating right now is the lowest of any re-elected President in over half a century. The majority of Americans do not believe that Iraq is going well and that approval rating will continue to drop.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I would say that the reason Bush won the election was not so much that people agree with his handling of the war. It was simply because they didn't like John Kerry.

Bush's approval rating right now is the lowest of any re-elected President in over half a century. The majority of Americans do not believe that Iraq is going well and that approval rating will continue to drop.

His approval ratings just bounced from 47% to 53%....I am not convinced of a downward trend.

Time will tell-

[Gn2Dlnd]

For Mr. Bush to reason that no-one in his administration should be held accountable for the atrocities happening in Iraq is absurd. Moments after the election, everyone was spouting off about how the election was won on "moral issues." So, was it the invasion of Iraq? Moral issues? Social security? Or, possibly, blatant fearmongering on a number of issues?
His arrogance is demonstrated time and time again by his refusal to acknowledge that anything his administration has done might have been done wrong.

[Gemini Cricket]

I discovered this site that tracks Bush's approval ratings.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I discovered this site that tracks Bush's approval ratings.

Bet they will bump up even higher right after the Big Day

Thanks for the link.