President Bush spoke on the topic of defeatism and Iraq during his Oval Office speech this evening:
Yet there is a difference between honest critics who recognize what is wrong, and defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right. Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. For every scene of destruction in Iraq, there are more scenes of rebuilding and hope. For every life lost, there are countless more lives reclaimed. And for every terrorist working to stop freedom in Iraq, there are many more Iraqis and Americans working to defeat them. My fellow citizens: not only can we win the war in Iraq -- we are winning the war in Iraq.
Our apoplectic tactics have clearly gotten under his skin.
You guys are FAMOUS! BUT YOU ARE NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE FACTS!! Still, I was really surprised he spent so much time on you guys. I mean, he singled you out! He didn't talk about me at all. He didn't say, "Neil Shakespeare refuses to see that anything is right." NO! Not a word! It was all DEFEATISTS, DEFEATISTS, DEFEATISTS all the way through and nobody else. And so, once again, I think the important news here is what he DIDN'T say.
Posted by: Neil Shakespeare | 18 December 2005 at 06:43 PM
Isn't acknowledging the defeatists the same thing as acknowledging defeat?
Posted by: velid | 18 December 2005 at 06:58 PM
Ah, a victory for defeat.
Posted by: The Heretik | 18 December 2005 at 06:59 PM
That's right folks. It's the new craze sweeping the nation. We are unstoppable.
Posted by: comandante agi | 18 December 2005 at 07:10 PM
Ollie North has two columns in the Washington Times attacking you. One from Dec 11 titled Defeatists in our midst and the other Dec 18 that begins, " The defeatists back home didn't think it could be done. "
Posted by: velid | 18 December 2005 at 07:11 PM
"Damn them Defeatists ... they join with the Saddamists, Rejectionists, and terrorists!"
Posted by: blogenfreude | 19 December 2005 at 06:33 AM