10th-grade student asks Bush why he won't negotiate directly with Iranian leaders

sabra

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Thu Oct-04-07 03:51 PM
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10th-grade student asks Bush why he won't negotiate directly with Iranian leaders

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-bush4oct04,0,7081662.story?coll=la-home-center

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When a 10th-grade student asked him why he would not negotiate directly with Iranian leaders, Bush said, "For diplomacy to work, the other side needs as much or more from you as you need from them."

Bush says he will not negotiate with Iran until it suspends what the United States maintains is a program to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says the program is aimed at civilian nuclear power development. He said it was Ahmadinejad's choice, not his, about the prospects for negotiations.

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no_hypocrisy

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Thu Oct-04-07 03:53 PM
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1. Kid's follow-up question should have been "Then why did you talk to North Korea?"

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kestrel91316

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:15 PM
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5. Furthermore, why do we have diplomacy with ANY nation that is

well-off, like for instance the European nations??? I don't see as how they need much from us......

What do you expect from someone who wouldn't recognize true diplomacy if it came up and bit him in the ass?

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dkofos

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Thu Oct-04-07 03:54 PM
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2. That's not part of the plan, so sit down and STFU!!

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Dr.Phool

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Thu Oct-04-07 03:55 PM
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3. Short honest answer.

Because I want war.

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johnnie

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Thu Oct-04-07 03:56 PM
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4. Whoa!

They let georgie meet and take questions from children above the 3rd grade? His handlers are getting daring.

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PATRICK

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:21 PM
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7. Because

he loses more when he gets hammered by a third grader. He has a tougher time talking down to a small child who is at par with his reality base. Easier to fob off a mouthy adolescent with a traditional adult non sequitur. No automatic devastating comparison.

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sinkingfeeling

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:15 PM
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6. Famous lines from W: "It's xxxxxxxx choice". Said the same thing about Saddam.

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populistdriven

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:37 PM
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11. we need the next kid to ask about prewar intel nt

Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 04:38 PM by bushmeat

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seemslikeadream

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:22 PM
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8. Damn why is our childrens learning?

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gollygee

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:22 PM
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9. Get out the taser!!

Good for the kid. It must be intimidating to ask a question you know the POTUS doesn't want to hear.

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L. Coyote

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:27 PM
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10. What is remarkble is every 10th grader knows he is a LIAR and can call him out!

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shain from kane

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Thu Oct-04-07 04:52 PM
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12. Are you smarter than a 10th-grader? n/t

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focusfan

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Thu Oct-04-07 05:33 PM
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13. the son of bitch won't negotiate because he wants to start a war

and suck up more profits for oil.

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