Since this week is all about rebranding, how about a trip down the war on terra memory hole? Forget GWOT. Forget GSAVE. Bush actually wanted to call it SAIEWDNBIFSWHTUTAAWTTTSTCOTFW.
Q Mr. President, this week, General Tommy Franks, your former CENTCOM commander has been on tour, talking about his book, talking about his Iraqi experience. And he conservatively estimated two to four more years of a large-scale American presence in Iraq. This morning there is fresh fighting in Najaf, Nasiriyah, Samara. What is the mission at this point, for 140,000 American forces? And how will we know when they're done? (Applause.)THE PRESIDENT: The mission is for the -- their mission is there to be a democratic Iraq, where they have elections to elect their government. That's the mission, to help them achieve that. And that's important. And that's necessary work. The tactics to achieve that are, one, we help provide security to the Allawi government as they move toward elections. Obviously, there are people there that are still trying to disrupt the election process. They can't stand the thought of a free society in the midst of a part of the world that's just desperate for freedom. These people don't like freedom. You know why? Because it clashes with their ideology. We actually misnamed the war on terror, it ought to be the struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world. (Laughter.) [added emphasis]
Do you think that slogan would fit on a medal?
MORE: Kevin has more on the whole rebranding, fresh thinking train of thought. Just remember, it's the SAIEWDNBIFSWHTUTAAWTTTSTCOTFW.
EVEN MORE: John McCrory thinks Bush should be "The Struggle President". That's funny.
UPDATE: Looks like Atrios has finally caught on. This one should be all over the place. Gotta love Bush!