Here is a full text version of the President's speech last night. I thought the speech was everything that it needed to be. It was well written and covered what it needed to. It outlined the five goals for a working democracy in Iraq. June 30th we turn over control. We are training troops. Free elections are in the works. The country's infrastructure is being rebuilt and improved. We just don't see these things in the elite media. If it is not bad news out of Iraq, they don't report it. Just like the major networks prefering to show regularly scheduled programs rather than listen to our country's president inform the people and reassure them that all that we are working for in Iraq and the war on terror are not in vain, and that these events have specific goals. The big question I keep seeing pop up on the old Inet is "When are we going to be out of Iraq?" The answer is when the job is done. If we pull all of our troops out too early, all the sacrifice and hard work of our troops and our nation will have been in vain. Yes, we need to be out of the country and Iraq needs to rule itself, but give up too soon and it will all be for naught. I am sure the U.S. and U.N. will have peacekeepers in Iraq for years to come.
As for needing more clarification from the speeches, we the people will never really get the details. Unless you are part of the President' cabinet or a high ranking official we won't get more then the big picture. If you want more information on the nitty gritty details of the peace process in Iraq, you better start running for office...
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