Bush - "Can I go to the toilet please Condi?"

[Bernie Gunther]

Meanwhile ZNet has an interesting article analysing Bush's speech to the UN.

“And when Iraqis complete their journey, their success will inspire others to claim their freedom, the Middle East will grow in peace and hope and liberty, and all of us will live in a safer world.”

This delusion has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of Iraqis and nearly 2,000 US soldiers and pushed Iraq to the brink of becoming an Islamic state. In fact, the example of Iraq’s “journey” has undermined democratic movements in the Middle East and beyond by instilling fear that “regime change” could result in foreign military occupation, mass killings, and civil war.

Bush was able to keep silent about the critical issues that his Ambassador managed to cut from the World Summit’s outcome document, including provisions to strengthen the International Criminal Court, protect the environment, promote nuclear disarmament, and commit rich countries to allocating a minimum percentage of their national income to development aid. These silences are criminal for, as the President said, “The stakes are high. The lives and futures of millions of the world’s poorest citizens hang in the balance.”

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=8749

 

[oi2002]

Rude Pundit salutes the President:

His reverie was broken when Bush said, "Now come in here, Bolthead, so I can use that fluffy moustache to wipe my ass."

 

[oi2002]

Is there no blow low enough. Kate/A/Blog suspects buttons are a technology quite beyond the Commander In Chief.

 

[oi2002]

you guys are missing it.
this last speach about Katrina, the man will be remembered for rebuilding New Orleans.
They are going to "git er done" Before the next election.
It will be a great tool for the Republican party.
all the liberal dems are still squealing about how Bush made a hurricane that only hit black people..
once again the obvious bias has Blatently shown through.

Well he's got the heroically slippery Rove on the job so I'd be worried if I was the Dems.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

you guys are missing it.
this last speach about Katrina, the man will be remembered for rebuilding New Orleans.
They are going to "git er done" Before the next election.
It will be a great tool for the Republican party.
all the liberal dems are still squealing about how Bush made a hurricane that only hit black people..
once again the obvious bias has Blatently shown through.

Bush didn't make a hurricane that hit black people.

He just left them to die, after one did hit them.

All the rebuilding and 'gittin' 'er done', won't bring back the dead.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to engage in my line of questioning. I'm happy to see you are unable to move beyond the complaining stage and delve deeper into exactly what should have been done with Saddam. Kind of like your alternative to capitalism, uh hum...

This is a good topic. I believe its essential for US troops to stay in Iraq during the upcoming elections. US troops must work to secure the borders with Syria and Iran. International organizations must step up to the plate and provide money and expertise. After the UN oil for food fiasco, the UN must show a little spine and get back into Iraq full throttle.

If Iraq ceases to become a representative democracy and descends into civil war, Europe will feel the sting more than America. Its Europe that is having a tougher time intergrating their Muslim citizens. Iraq is much closer to Europe than the United States. For this reason its essential for NATO to ramp up their training of Iraqi military officers and police. Since the stakes are so high, the EU must spend more money in Iraq as well. There must be a concerted effort by the international community to lean on Iran and Syria if they destablize Iraq.

I'm sure you agree that the stakes are too high to just sit back and complain and try to isolate the US in this conflict. Even if some countries in Europe were against the war, its vital they support the reconstruction efforts in Iraq because its important that Iraq not become a breeding ground for Jihadists to bomb trains in London, Madrid.

What do you think? Not about the rights or wrongs of US invasion but where we go from here.

Because that is the most important question now, correct?

This isn't about Iraq. Bush wants to be a 'war president', to protect the american public from terrorism; but he can't even protect them from starving on freeway overpasses after a natural disaster has hit.

Lame duck.