{"id":723,"date":"2004-04-10T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2004-04-10T23:50:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2004-04-10T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2004-04-10T23:50:55","slug":"radio-address-from-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/10\/radio-address-from-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Address From Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/opinion\/143851_thomas15.html\">George &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Read Newspapers&#8221; Bush<\/a> is still isolated from world events in his Wahington Neocon bubble.  Here&#8217;s an AP report on his Saturday radio address.  Illustrations mine.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=1775840\" target=\"_blank\">Bush vows to defeat &#8216;small faction&#8217; of Iraqi insurgents<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Saturday,April 10,2004,11:05 AM<\/p>\n<p><em>Crawford, Texas-AP &#8212; President Bush says the U-S military and its allies won&#8217;t let insurgents win the battle in Iraq.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/L1064855.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Teenagers, U.S. troops in confusing Baghdad battle<\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraqishighwayconvoy2.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraqishighwayconvoy2.html','popup','width=450,height=355,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iraqishighwayconvoy\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraqishighwayconvoy-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"157\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>In today&#8217;s weekly radio address, the president said a small faction is trying to seize power as the date nears for Iraqi sovereignty.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/quote.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=10000103&#038;sid=aysaehvbnNPo&#038;refer=us\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Forces in Iraq Pull Out of Baghdad&#8217;s Sadr City<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/tankbaghdad.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/tankbaghdad.html','popup','width=450,height=306,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tankbaghdad\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/tankbaghdad-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Bush says the insurgents want the U-S to falter and delay the turnover of sovereignty &#8212; scheduled for June 30th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/newsitems\/s1084808.htm\" target=\"_blank\">US-picked Iraqi leaders blast Fallujah offensive<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/pachachi1.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/pachachi1.html','popup','width=220,height=155,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pachachi\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/pachachi-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>But Bush is vowing to take the fight to the enemy. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gulf-daily-news.com\/Articles.asp?Article=78834&#038;Sn=WORL\" target=\"_blank\">Withdraw or face revolution!<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/alarabi_resistance131.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/alarabi_resistance131.html','popup','width=425,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alarabi_resistance13\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/alarabi_resistance13-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>He says a coalition of forces will fight on many fronts until the enemies are defeated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><center><a href=\"http:\/\/news.ft.com\/servlet\/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com\/StoryFT\/FullStory&#038;c=StoryFT&#038;cid=1079420256954\" target=\"_blank\">US fights to keep its Iraqi allies on board<br \/>\n<\/a><\/center><\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/8401793.htm\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. allies grow uneasy as Iraq roils<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p> <center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/common\/story_page\/0,5744,9242091%255E1702,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Koizumi govt in crisis over kidnap<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/japanhostageprotest.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/japanhostageprotest.html','popup','width=369,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"japanhostageprotest\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/japanhostageprotest-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"243\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Much of the heavy fighting in recent weeks has centered around the city of Fallujah &#8212; making it the symbol of resistance for some Iraqis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/stories\/afp_world\/view\/79546\/1\/.html\" target=\"_blank\">One US marine killed, one wounded since Fallujah ceasefire<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraq1500lb.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraq1500lb.html','popup','width=400,height=287,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iraq1500lb\" src=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/iraq1500lb-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Bush says U-S Marines are taking control of the city, block by block.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/newsitems\/s1085084.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Clashes erupt in Baghdad, US offers Fallujah truce<\/a><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/mission_accomplished.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/ancapistan.typepad.com\/unfairwitness\/mission_accomplished.html','popup','width=277,height=369,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); 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Here&#8217;s an AP report on his Saturday radio address. Illustrations mine. Bush vows to defeat &#8216;small faction&#8217; of Iraqi insurgents Saturday,April 10,2004,11:05 AM Crawford, Texas-AP &#8212; President Bush says the U-S military and its allies won&#8217;t let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[676],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-antiwar-movement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":{"disable_donate_message":"","custom_donate_message":"","subtitle":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}