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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:03 PM Jun 2014

Newspaper's Iraq Front Page Takes A Big Shot At George W. Bush

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/die-tageszeitung-iraq-front-page_n_5492125.html

Newspaper's Iraq Front Page Takes A Big Shot At George W. Bush
The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson

Posted: 06/13/2014 11:33 am EDT Updated: 17 minutes ago



As the debate heats up over the unfolding crisis in Iraq, one German newspaper took a decidedly pointed approach to things in its Friday front page.

Die Tageszeitung ran the famous "Mission Accomplished" picture of George W. Bush, but replaced Bush with Shaker Wahib, head of ISIS, the militant group currently running roughshod through Iraq. The message: this is what Bush wrought.

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Newspaper's Iraq Front Page Takes A Big Shot At George W. Bush (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2014 OP
Yep, and you know what, i bet W sleeps like a fucking baby, Cheney too, ever wonder how? randys1 Jun 2014 #1
That was going to be my answer. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #20
He does sleep like a baby, and even has a "laugh" with his wife on 9/11 elehhhhna Jun 2014 #28
this should be the headline in america's newspapers if we had an honest media spanone Jun 2014 #2
The. Hague. INDEED!! 2naSalit Jun 2014 #5
Just Wondering WHY He's Not On Scene So Far! ChiciB1 Jun 2014 #8
Precisely malaise Jun 2014 #16
Do wish I could read the entire article. misterhighwasted Jun 2014 #3
the smaller headline under the picture says dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #10
"Isis Must Not (Be Allowed To) Achieve Victory." xocet Jun 2014 #18
This... in Newspaper form corkhead Jun 2014 #4
The Village Idiot: Fred Gilmore Jun 2014 #6
Ouch. blackspade Jun 2014 #7
Yeah, Bush, YOU built that! nt valerief Jun 2014 #9
Take it straight to the source. calimary Jun 2014 #11
Don't forget Condi. QuestForSense Jun 2014 #12
Have absolutely not forgotten our little contradicta. calimary Jun 2014 #22
The irony of this entire mess dominating yesterday while Poppy Bush was jumping out of an aircraft malaise Jun 2014 #17
Ja! Das ist recht. Botany Jun 2014 #13
das ist = this is misterhighwasted Jun 2014 #14
That is right Botany Jun 2014 #19
Thank You. 'Right' misterhighwasted Jun 2014 #26
hundkopf = dog head Botany Jun 2014 #27
Sincere thanks, Die Tageszeitung. johnnyreb Jun 2014 #15
I bet the neo-cons are "very excited". Just sayin. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #21
HAH I bet! Buncha dried-up old white men (who probably didn't have much to begin with). calimary Jun 2014 #23
K Cha Jun 2014 #24
"Oops – they did it again!" Babel_17 Jun 2014 #25
Didn't 82 House dems and 29 Senate dems help pass that resolution? flvegan Jun 2014 #29

spanone

(135,635 posts)
2. this should be the headline in america's newspapers if we had an honest media
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:05 PM
Jun 2014

k&r...

and i suspect cheney will be on the sunday talk shows slamming the Obama administration. two words for mr cheney...the. hague.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
8. Just Wondering WHY He's Not On Scene So Far!
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:38 PM
Jun 2014

Probably won't be long and what I wish would happen to him isn't something I should put into words. At the very least I would love to see SOMEONE tell him to STFU! Just wipe his smarmy smirk off his face and tell him to put it where the sun don't shine!


misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
3. Do wish I could read the entire article.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:10 PM
Jun 2014

I need a translator however.
Am sure this would b a very interesting read.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
10. the smaller headline under the picture says
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 02:00 PM
Jun 2014

isis can not win.

That's the best I could come up with...print too tiny elsewhere.

xocet

(3,870 posts)
18. "Isis Must Not (Be Allowed To) Achieve Victory."
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 02:48 PM
Jun 2014

Here is the first paragraph - approximately:

A Commentary by Ines Pohl on the Catastrophic Developments in Iraq
Isis Must Not Achieve Victory

It is difficult to say which was the greater mistake: the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 or the withdrawal of 2011 - a withdrawal from a country whose government order appeared to lay in total disarray after, during and in spite of the eight-year American occupation?

...


calimary

(80,699 posts)
11. Take it straight to the source.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 02:02 PM
Jun 2014

This is georgie's baby. dickie's baby. wolfie's baby. rummy's baby. dougie's baby.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!!!!! AND FUCK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!! ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/, ,,/,


calimary

(80,699 posts)
22. Have absolutely not forgotten our little contradicta.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 09:27 PM
Jun 2014

I'm still convinced she was his backstage girl. And even if they never consummated it, she was THERE. And probably flirtatious and solicitous as hell. I read something back then that described this troika of fawning women dubya had around him ALL THE TIME, a couple of 'em from his Texas days: karen hughes, harriet miers, and contradicta. They fluttered around him and flattered him and fussed over him like Flora, Fawna, and Meriwether, the Disney Sleeping Beauty fairies. I'm also sure it was technically chaste. But they waited on him and worried over him and yes-dear'd him and hero-worshipped him all over the place. And since harriet miers AND contradicta both were unmarried, I'm sure they nursed their own "sigh! If ONLYYYY..." fantasies from time to time. Both in the governor's mansion in Texas and also in the White House he stole from Al Gore, this went on. contradicta herself committed an oopsie one night at some fancy party in Manhattan where she was overheard talking to somebody there, saying "as I was telling my husb-- I mean, the President..." and somebody ran with it at the New York Post or some such, if memory serves.

You bet yer ass he encouraged it. I have seen that dynamic in play SO many times involving men in positions of power who surround themselves with women - both at the secretary level and executives alike. I worked with a general manager or two like that. They eat up the flattery and attention, toy with it like a cat with a mouse, use it for all kinds of manipulative reasons and eat it up til their egos are overfed to Goodyear blimp-size. Makes 'em feel that much more macho and he-man and alpha-male. It surprised me not at all to read that.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
17. The irony of this entire mess dominating yesterday while Poppy Bush was jumping out of an aircraft
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 02:46 PM
Jun 2014

for his 90th birthday with Dumbya watching was magnificent.

They are all still clueless and out of touch.

I dare Cheney to drawl out.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
14. das ist = this is
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 02:31 PM
Jun 2014

Recht = ?
My attempt to interpret..
Should have paid attention to my parent's first language when growing up. They only spoke german when they didnt want us kids to know what they were saying, however. We were taught only english.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
27. hundkopf = dog head
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 12:49 PM
Jun 2014




Dummkopf = dumb head

totenkopf = SS death head

pferdkopf = horse head


But only the totenkopf fits w, Cheney, Rummy, and so on for starting that unneeded war for oil and money.

calimary

(80,699 posts)
23. HAH I bet! Buncha dried-up old white men (who probably didn't have much to begin with).
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 09:39 PM
Jun 2014

Why else would they feel such a need to overcompensate - to this kind of obscene degree? It's like an NRA-case on SUPER-steroids - not just guns 'n' ammo, but tanks and Blackhawks. This is probably the only thing that gets them pumped up anymore, so to speak.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
25. "Oops – they did it again!"
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 09:54 AM
Jun 2014
The taz is noted for its tongue-in-cheek headlines,[2] such as:

Oh mein Gott! (Oh my god!) – On the election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI
Es ist ein Mädchen (It's a girl) – On the election of Angela Merkel as the first female Chancellor of Germany
Oops – they did it again! – On the re-election of George W. Bush as President of the United States


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Tageszeitung

flvegan

(64,389 posts)
29. Didn't 82 House dems and 29 Senate dems help pass that resolution?
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:11 PM
Jun 2014

Bush, Cheney, et al deserve the biggest pile of blame here, but come on. Our current dem VP and likely next dem president voted for it too.



And to the thinking impaired, no, I'm not equating Biden nor Clinton with Bush.

Mission accomplished, indeed.

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