{"id":1434,"date":"2004-09-27T19:24:39","date_gmt":"2004-09-28T00:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/the-president-must-speak-clearly-and-mean-what-he-says\/"},"modified":"2004-09-27T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2004-09-28T00:24:39","slug":"the-president-must-speak-clearly-and-mean-what-he-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/the-president-must-speak-clearly-and-mean-what-he-says\/","title":{"rendered":"the president must speak clearly and mean what he says"},"content":{"rendered":"

this is really like shooting fish on a bicycle…<\/p>\n

\n
president george w. bush<\/a>, springfield, ohio, september 27, 2004<\/div>\n

In order to make sure America is safer, the President must speak clearly and mean what he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the man has a point….<\/p>\n

\n
Remarks by President Bush<\/a> and Prime Minister Allawi of the Interim Government of Iraq in a Joint Press Availability, the White House Rose Garden, September 23, 2004<\/div>\n

The Prime Minister said something very interesting a while ago, and it’s
\nimportant for the American people to understand. Our strategy is to help the
\nIraqis help themselves. It’s important that we train Iraqi troops. There are
\nnearly 100,000 troops trained. The Afghan (sic) national army is a part of
\nthe army. By the way — it’s the Afghan [sic] national army that went into
\nNajaf and did the work there. There’s a regular army being trained. There
\nare border guards being trained. There are police being trained. That’s a
\nkey part of our mission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

we’re clearly training the troops. somewhere. iraq. afghanistan. detroit. somewhere. nearly 100,000 troops. yes.<\/p>\n

no. wait. let’s ask the pentagon.<\/p>\n

\n
Bush claim on training of Iraqis disputed<\/a> [seattle times, september 27, 2004]<\/div>\n

The Pentagon documents show that of the nearly 90,000 people now in the police force, only 8,169 have had the full eight-week academy training. Another 46,176 are listed as “untrained,” and it will be July 2006 before the administration reaches its goal of a 135,000-strong, fully trained police force.<\/p>\n

Six Army battalions have had “initial training,” while 57 National Guard battalions, 896 soldiers in each, are still being recruited or “awaiting equipment.” Just eight Guard battalions have reached “initial (operating) capability,” according to the documents.<\/p>\n

Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee estimated that 22,700 Iraqi personnel have received enough training to make them “minimally effective at their tasks.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

erm. ok, well, that’s not exactly what we mean. we meant something else.<\/p>\n

\n
Bush claim on training of Iraqis disputed<\/a> [seattle times, september 27, 2004]<\/div>\n

The White House defended its figures, and a senior administration official defined “fully trained” as having gone through “initial basic operations training.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ok. wait. what was i writing about? oh yeah.<\/p>\n

the president must speak clearly and mean what he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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