Great stuff from the President

In the face of pretty much everyone knowing that there was no link between Iraq and terrorists, and that Iraq wasn't a threat to the US, the President continues the farce addressing the troops.

Some tasty little tidbits:

In his second visit to the huge Army base in little more than two weeks, Bush said terrorists made Iraq "a central front in the war on terror" and that by attacking them where they live "we do not have to face them where we live."

Yes, yes. It's the terrorists' fault we invaded Iraq. The terrorists funded by the Saudis, supported by Afganistan. Certainly Iraq had something to do with it.

"Because of you, the people of Iraq no longer live in fear of being executed and left in mass graves," Bush told the assembled military personnel, who responded with "hoo-ah" when the commander in chief made a point. "Because of you, freedom is taking root in Iraq. Our successes in Iraq will make America safer, for us and for future generations."

Interesting, I thought the goal was to kill terrorists. Apparently, we also want to spread democracy by force. Further, killing oh, 50,000 to 100,000 people certainly won't create a group of people who hate the US who didn't before we started.

"Freedom still faces dangerous adversaries," Bush said. "Terrorists still want to attack our people. But they're losing. These terrorists are losing the struggle because they're under constant pressure from our armed forces and they will remain under constant pressure from our armed forces."

And maybe we would have actually captured the leader of the terrorist group that attaced the US if we had focused the resources we have in Iraq on finding him in Afganistan.

Finally, my favorite quote, which is in this story:

"The toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad will be recorded, alongside the fall of the Berlin Wall, as one of the great moments in the history of liberty," Bush said.

I think the President could stand a lesson in history and the significance of the Berlin Wall, as well as a quick vocabulary lesson focusing on the definition of 'Liberty'.