Bush: You know, I've heard this theory about, you know, everything was just fine until we arrived, and then, you know, kind of that we're going to stir up the hornet's nest theory. It just -- just doesn't hold water, as far as I'm concerned. The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East.
Reporter: What did Iraq have to do with that?
Bush: What did Iraq have to do with what?
Reporter: The attack on the World Trade Center?
Bush: Nothing. (Attribution: Democracy Not!)
Bush's quick, half-whispered "Nothing" appears to also have answered the question of what more than 2,600 Americans have died for in Iraq. Sadly, most of the media must not have heard Bush say this because it went mostly unreported.
Other headlines in today's news:
North Korea threatens attack due to war drills.
North Korea threatens attack due to war drills.
This warning, the result of joint U.S.--South Korean war games being conducted, is further indication how paranoia manifests as belligerence in outlying provinces when the U.S. refuses to talk directly to "axis of evil" nations. In this case, a weak and ineffectual U.S. State Department is only comfortable talking to North Korea through China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Morrocco, Lichenstein and the Maldives. A sad testatment to the kind of diplomacy one gets when your State Department chief negotiating leader is a Chevron Oil Tanker?
Bush: International force must be deployed quickly to Lebanon.
As the very first evidence the president may be capable of changing his mind on anything (except on Iraq, of course), Bush strongly urged an international force of peace keepers be deployed in Southern Lebanon as soon as possible. This from the man who during the brief war found absolutely no urgency in ending the slaughter of innocent Lebanese.
Katrina struggle goes on for many
At the one year anniversary of the hurricane Katrina disaster, many victims are still without jobs, homes or aid from the government. As a balm to soothe survivors weary of the incompetence and inaction of the FEMA feds, the president Monday urged patience. "We'll be there for you in the next few weeks, or months. A year or two at most maybe." As further comfort, Bush confessed to victims he had spoken with God and received assurances his request for suspension of all hurricanes this hurricane season will be honored by the Creator.
U.N. resolution would disarm Hezbollah.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton--"I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob"--plans to introduce a resolution to the U.N. demanding the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon be disarmed. In light of the death tolls from the recent conflict, it would appear Bolton is displaying publicly another area of his gross incompetence to represent the U.S. before the rest of the wrold: Statistics! In his demand for Hezbollah disarmament, Bolton apparently misinterpreted the death toll numbers from the recent conflict, i.e., Israeli dead = 163; Lebanonese killed = 1,000. Bolton made no such demand for Israeli disarmament.
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Hola, Dada. Re: our Walrus at the UN. He and the pundits are overlooking the ominous position of Israel vis a vis the recent UN cease-fire resolution; viz, Israel wants to have veto power over which nation contributes troops in S. Lebanon. It wants troops only from the nations that recognize Israel, a major problem since several southeast Asian nations are willing to send troops but don't recognize Israel. For me, generally a friend of Israel, there is pathos and tragedy in that position. Unless Israel can find a way to be accepted as a middle eastern country the future does not look good for the Jewish state. (It doesn't help that the the US media tends to interview Israelis who sound like Brits or Americans.)As Israel's ammo supplier we are also in "deep doodoo" (to borrow from George the first)since as you doubtlessly know, middle easterners think in terms of centuries-witness the focus on the crusades- whereas we think in terms of the next IPO or next congressional election. And what is gained in a war when you mostly kill civilians? No matter how one rationalizes it, ultimately that is a losing proposition; particularly when the cluster bombs are made in the good ol' USA.
Eljoven
what is amazing to me
is that baby bush told the truth
what - did it just slip out?
or does the man actually have a conscious?
more likely it just slipped out - money does not buy morals or values..neither does going to church...
dada, I successfully avoided seeing bush speak yesterday, so just read the transcript you linked (as Democracy NOT!). I'm sooo TIRED of Saddam-fear being thrust out, as in "I suppose you'd rather see Saddam in power?" -- so I just asked husband that question -- his answer was "F*CKIN' A" (only he doesn*t sp**k in f*ckin' a**terisks!) I hope the Dems stop cowering from this issue & clearly take it on! Make it clear that we WOULD be better off if we could return to Feb 2003 & deal with Saddam in a competent, effective way while keeping our focus on the real issue of addressing actual terrorism. D.K.
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