President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that American patience over Iraq had its limits

Dude....

First we invaded their country under false pretenses. Then we failed repeatedly at everything we promised we would do. Then we actively made their situations worse through war planning that didn't even take into account that there MIGHT be an insurgency(seriously, look it up. Our phase-IV plan LITERALY consisted of "They'll greet us as liberators").

Now he's telling them that OUR patience with THEM is limited??? WHAT THE FUCK HAS THIS DUDE BEEN SMOKING???

That statement sums up the ignorance of the administration in one neat little sentence. On the list of dumbest things ever said by the president, only TWO things are higher up. The first is the obvious one, "Bring it on". The second was when Bush visited the Social security office, looked the Treasury Bills stored there, and then claimed that they were "Nothing but IOU's"
(That second case is actually an impeachable offense, "Casting doubt on american institutions", aka, money. If republicans didn't control both houses, he probably would have been kicked out of office for that stunt...)

ironically i just wrote the statement in my midterm that the war in iraq would be much different if the government had listened to iraqi area specialists...

ironically i just wrote the statement in my midterm that the war in iraq would be much different if the government had listened to iraqi area specialists...

Which time?

The time when the specialists told them that operation desert fox ended all of Iraq's weapons programs? The time when the specialists warned them there would be an insurgency? The time the specialists said we needed WAY more troops? The time the specialists urged emphatically against attacking fallujah directly? How about the time the specialists told the military that it was creating thousands of new insurgents through over-bearing cordon and sweep detainments? Shit.... for the prime example, look at the absolutely RETARDED way the administration ignored warnings about what would happen if hey suddenly disbanded the iraqi army.

Read "Fiasco" by Thomas E. Ricks if you get a chance. It's probably the best book you can read to get an idea of how fucked up the whole Iraqi operation was/is. I actually had to put the book down and stop reading at some points because I was getting sick with disgust...

In what context was this quote said?

Man, it's a pretty dumb, insensitive and pointless thing for a president to say even not considering his actions so far. I'm just wondering what it's referring to

I guess this proves it.

Dude....



I should kick your ass for this alone. Thats Mr. President. Not "Dude" you insabordinate douchbag.