Bush Says Authoritarian Rule in Mideast Should End

Reuters
Tue Mar 8, 2005 10:58 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday authoritarian rule in the Middle East is the "last gasp of a discredited past" and he demanded Syria pull troops out of Lebanon before Lebanese parliamentary elections in May.

Bush used a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University to lend verbal support to what he called a trend toward democracy in the Middle East.

"Suddenly the thaw has begun," he declared.

Bush specifically pointed to Lebanon, where a pro-Syrian government has fallen due to protests over the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, and where Syria is under strong pressure to withdraw 14,000 troops as well as intelligence personnel.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7840548

Coventina said on Tuesday that the Bush administration is the last gasp of a discredited 19th century Robber-Baron style of autocratic government.


Most members of the Bush administration are guilty of war or other crimes and should be impeached or otherwise prosecuted for their many, many offenses.

I would love to see representative government return to the US someday.

NeoCons' dirty little secrets to be made public, Poodle Brothers to be charged with treason.

under the spectre of violence?

He could set an good example by withdrawing the troops from Iraq.

n/t

peace

as it`s surrogate protector...

.....that for totally free and legitimate elections in Lebanon, Syrian soldiers would have to leave the country!!!

Say what?

Was Bush actually able to prounounce au·thor·i·tar·i·an correctly?

:evilgrin:

Isn't Bush saying these homelies of his, telling the world to clean up it's act
akin to the Devil Himself saying "Y'all be good, now - ya hear?"

:evilgrin:

Aides then quickly ushered the president out of the briefing room. The White House declined any further comment.

We can start by throwing Bush and Cheney in jail and throwing away the key.

Hey bush, the "trend" you see is an increasing world hatred of you, and a trend towards total civil war. Asshole.

n/t

DU News
Tue Mar 8, 2005 8:36 am PT

CYBERSPACE (DU News) - Jack Rabbit said on Tuesday authoritarian rule in the United States is the "the last gasp of a discredited administration" and demanded that war crimes tribunals be convened to try and punish those guilty of the illegal invasion of Iraq and the construction of a worldwide network of gulags and torture chambers.

Mr. Rabbit further rejected as crude post hoc reasoning the attempts by the former Governor of Texas, G. W. Bush, to take credit for demonstrations in Lebanon demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanese soil.

"It is ludicrous to suppose that the imposition of foreign troops in Iraq is viewed as a favorable state of affairs by people demanding the removal of foreign troops from Lebanon," he said.

Mr. Rabbit specifically pointed out that the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was the catalyst of anti-Syrian demonstrations in Lebanon and had nothing to do with events in Iraq.

Hmm, I guess that's all still okay within his verbage. Autocratic rule is still okay, just not Authoritarian.

...with the vast support of the Lebanese people.

but probably won't end, for the Imperial Family has invested too much time and money and the Old American System of Checks and Balances is incapable of self-correcting at this point.

tom_paine sees no end to Authoritarian Rule in Amerika.