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At least, that's what Bush and his mouthpieces said about John Kerry in 2004 when he said the same thing Bush is saying this week:
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/03/snow/inde x.html?source=rss
War Room"No, the president does not have a pre-9/11 mind- set"
The president defined "success" in Iraq Wednesday as "a level of violence where the people feel comfortable about living their daily lives." At today's White House press briefing, reporters asked Tony Snow to go a little further and describe an "acceptable" level of violence in Iraq. That's where the fun began:
Snow: You know, I think what you've managed to do is to try to -- we're now playing the adjective game. The fact is when you talk about an acceptable level, it is something that allows the government to exist independently. The problem is, everybody says, "Oh, so you accept violence. You like -- violence is OK." No, it's not OK. And so in abstract terms, zero violence is acceptable.
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Reporter: In October of 2004 John Kerry said, "We have to get to the place where we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance." The president said he couldn't disagree more. Cheney called this naive and dangerous, and part of the pre-9/11 mind- set. So does the president now have a pre-9/11 mind-set?
Snow: No, the president does not have a pre-9/11 mind-set.
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Well, we all know that Dubya is the Commander Guy, unless he finds somebody to be his war czar (Isn't that what the Commander-in-Chief is supposed to do? I know I've seen that stitched on Dubya's little blue jackets) so that guy can be the Commander Guy. But I suppose Dubya will still be the Decider. But he won't have a pre-9/11 mind-set, so stop saying that!
Do you suppose that in two years from now, Bush will "decide" that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is a bad thing? Of course, by that time, we'll probably have a Democratic president cleaning up the messes left behind by Commander Bunnypants, and lizard brains like ex-man and Dunce Yard Dog will be spoiling to launch another war they won't have to fight.
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