What Work?!

It seems to me that the only job our troops have in Iraq is trying not to get killed.

"In a speech to members of the Idaho National Guard and their families, the second this week by the president in an effort to rebuild support for the war, Bush emphasized the sacrifices military families make. He noted that Idaho has the highest percentage of National Guard troops serving in Iraq.

'We'll complete our work in Afghanistan and Iran,' Bush said. 'An immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq, or the broader Middle East, as some have called for, would only embolden the terrorists and create a staging ground to launch more attacks against America and free nations.'

'So long as I am president we will stay, we will fight and we will win the war on terrorism,' he declared.

Bush said the country faced a clear choice after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — either hunker down and retreat or 'bring the war to the terrorists, striking them before they could kill more of our people.'

'I made a decision. America will not wait to be attacked again,' he said. 'We will confront emerging threats before they fully materialize.'"

My God! This deafening chant of the same thing over and over again is absolute torture!