Over the past three years I have often addressed the American people to explain developments in Iraq. Some of these developments were encouraging, such as the capture of Saddam Hussein, the elections in which 12 million Iraqis defied the terrorists and voted for a free future, and the demise of the brutal terrorist Zarqawi. Other developments were not encouraging, such as the bombing of the U.N. Headquarters in Baghdad, the fact that we did not find stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, and the continued loss of some of America's finest sons and daughters.
The fact that no WMDs were found, and that almost three thousand of "America's finest" have been lost he describes as "not encouraging".
One just doesn't know what to make of this. A remark like this, not written down but said in answer to a question, could be passed over as another grammatical gaffe of the President's. He makes so many of them.
But this was in his written, prepared remarks.
Imagine having lost a loved one, and the Commander in Chief calls it "not encouraging".
Tragedy would have been a much more appropriate word.
But then, things are getting less and less appropriate.
The fact that no WMDs were found, and that almost three thousand of "America's finest" have been lost he describes as "not encouraging".
One just doesn't know what to make of this. A remark like this, not written down but said in answer to a question, could be passed over as another grammatical gaffe of the President's. He makes so many of them.
But this was in his written, prepared remarks.
Imagine having lost a loved one, and the Commander in Chief calls it "not encouraging".
Tragedy would have been a much more appropriate word.
But then, things are getting less and less appropriate.
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