President's Speech

Full Video and Transcript here

So I didn't watch the speech last night but I did Tivo it. I just got finished reading it and catching some reactions.

A few thing came to mind when I read it. First Within the first couple paragraphs he said:

The terrorists who attacked us -- and the terrorists we face -- murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent.

kind of sounds familiar doesn't it?

Anyway it seem that Bush is trying to justify a reason to be there. Repeating points that have been said over and over again since things started.

So no plan for an exit strategy even though questions of the handling have come up and Congress is starting to ask questions.

If this speech was supposed to make me feel better about what is going on there then it failed.

Bushes Speech By the Numbers (from Think Progress)

References to “September 11″: 5

References to “weapons of mass destruction”: 0

References to “freedom”: 21

References to “exit strategy”: 0

References to “Saddam Hussein”: 2

References to “Osama Bin Laden”: 2

References to “a mistake”: 1 (setting a timetable for withdrawal)

References to “mission”: 11

References to “mission accomplished”: 0

Some Links about the Speech.

John Kerry OP/Ed piece in the New York Times on what should be said.

An Article on Huffington Post by Hooman Majd on his take.

Bush uses Sept. 11 to rally U.S. for war

New York Times Editorial piece

Pacific Views take.

And annotated version of the Speech by Liberal Oasis.

Think Progress's coverage.