Bush*: "democracy through force not democracy"

shockingelk

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:18 PM
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Bush*: "democracy through force not democracy"

Edited on Mon Apr-05-04 04:18 PM by shockingelk

Harkening back to Richard Perle's quote to the effect that "Democracies do not start aggressive wars" ( http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.242/transcript.asp ), today, Bush* noted:

"This is one person -- this is a person, and followers, who are trying to say, we don't want democracy -- as a matter of fact, we'll decide the course of democracy by the use of force. And that is the opposite of democracy."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040405-4.html

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rfranklin

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:21 PM
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1. And you can only do that if you have a bigger military force than me!

The Bush Doctrine.

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strategery blunder

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:23 PM
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2. Was the pResident talking about himself?

I'm confused...:wtf:

"We were tested in Fallujah."
We were tested in Baghdad. We were tested in An Nasirya. We were tested in Basra. We were tested in Mosul. We were tested everywhere.

Ah, yes, the bu$h cabal--the American Information Ministry.

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Brotherjohn

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:26 PM
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3. This is why they can't allow him to speak to the 9-11 Commission publicly.

... or under oath.

He'd single-handedly sink his own administration, and he wouldn't even realize it.

It's also why Cheney MUST be there with him. You KNOW Cheney will constantly be pulling him aside correcting little "misstatements" like this. This is why they couldn't afford it to be public, either. It's going to look for all the world like what it is: A president who doesn't know WTF he is talking about. It would drop his poll numbers to the single digits if we were all allowed to se it. Hopefully, some reports will leak out.

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maddezmom

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:29 PM
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4. just saw the clip of bush*

thought I misunderstood or my ears were deceiving me. This man is a loon. :crazy:

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Toucano

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:31 PM
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5. "It's just one person

er...a person...and followers..."

The same could be said of you, Georgie!

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robertpaulsen

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Mon Apr-05-04 04:38 PM
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6. Whatever, kettle. You're still black.

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Aidoneus

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Mon Apr-05-04 05:00 PM
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7. another Irony Meter explodes..

I'll have to start billing W for these things.. :eyes:

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leesa

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Mon Apr-05-04 05:01 PM
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8. Gosh, that's what we've been saying around here for years!

Get the hell out of Afghanistan and Iraq...and all the other countries we have military bases in. Quit shoving our apparently failed experiment down other people's throats.

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